B6 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Reigate CMHRS
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Job overview
Be an occupational therapist in mental health services!
Transform Lives with Reigate Community Mental Health Recovery Service
Are you passionate about making a difference in mental health? We offer innovative ways to deliver occupational therapy, providing clear care pathways through both individual and group interventions.
Our Programmes:
- Occupation Matters Programme: A 20-week group utilizing Lifestyle Redesign principles.
- Recovery through Occupation: A 6-week group using the Re-Motivation process to enhance motivation and social skills.
- Individual Occupational Therapy: Tailored one-on-one sessions.
- Comprehensive Assessments: Thorough evaluations to guide effective interventions.
Our Approach:
- Model of Human Occupation: Guiding all our assessments and interventions.
- Evidence based : Embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our work.
Professional Growth:
- Extensive CPD Programmes: Benefit from coordinated professional development, robust supervision, care group meetings, Trust-wide training, and an annual conference.
Be Part of a Dedicated Team
Join us and be part of a team committed to excellence and innovation in occupational therapy. Together, we can make a real impact on the lives of those we serve.
Apply Today and Make a Difference!
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
- To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.
- To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.
- To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.
- To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate).
- To provide occupational therapy student placements.
- To contribute to service development and audits.
- To take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description document attached for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Occupational Therapy professional qualification (HCPC)
- Completion of a Fieldwork Educators’ course
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant post qualification clinical experience
- Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
- Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
- Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
- Evidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
- Evidence of clinical reasoning skills
- UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes
- Experience of contributing to service development/project work
- Experience as a supervisor
- Experience of group facilitation
- Experience of supporting students on placement
Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.