Occupational Therapist

Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join an Early Intervention Service for Psychosis, supporting clients with a first episode of psychosis to have a positive experience of mental health services. We are looking for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary team.
The role would include completing OT assessments and interventions at different stages of their journey to support with recovery.
Occupational therapy is valued as a core part of the multi-disciplinary team and the post holder will be working in a team with a variety of professionals. As well as occupational therapy activity, you will be involved in delivering core team functions such as initial assessments, dialog + and other group interventions.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-quality and evidence-based occupational therapy assessments and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members.
• Communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate, outside agencies.
• Contribute to the generic functioning of the team when appropriate.
• Provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, and support workers when appropriate
• Provide/support with occupational therapy student placements.
• Contribute to service development and audits.

Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Degree in Occupational Therapy

Desirable criteria

• • Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• • Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
• • Ability to work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
• Knowledge of the ethos of the Early Intervention Service for Psychosis Service.

Desirable criteria

• • Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.

Experience

Essential criteria

• • Pre-registration experience of mental health settings and or working with people with mental health conditions
• • Experience of individual & group work

Desirable criteria

• • Some clinical experience of mental health problems
• • Use of functional assessments and activity analysis to formulate patient interventions

Important Information:
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
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Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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