Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post would be suitable if you have had previous experience working in mental health, you want to consolidate your knowledge of occupational therapy and be involved in delivery of high quality, evidence based occupational therapy interventions.
If you require any further information or would like to discuss the role within the CMHT, please contact Usman Ali (Occupational Therapist/Team Manager) on Applyor Apply.

• To manage a clinical caseload as part of a specialist community mental health team
• To ensure safe, appropriate and effective rehabilitation interventions that meet the needs of the target population through advice, advocacy and professional knowledge as an Occupational Therapist.
• To input evidence-based specialist Occupational Therapy skills to the multi-disciplinary service.
• To be a proactive team member in respect of communication, team administration, quality of service and service development.
• To provide supervision and support to colleagues.
• To provide good quality practice placement education.

The Covid-19 vaccination remains the best line of defence against Covid-19 to protect individuals, colleagues, patients, and communities, and the Trust encourages staff to take up the offer of being fully vaccinated. Please note all staff members who are working in healthcare premises, working with patients/service users and/or undertaking patient/service user visits will be required to take a twice weekly Lateral Flow Test, and to produce evidence of their negative test result on request. If you have any concerns about whether this affects your eligibility to undertake a role with the Trust, you may wish to contact the recruiting manager to discuss this further. Staff are able to order LFT kits through the Government website free of charge.

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational Therapy.
• State registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Desirable criteria

• Professional Practice education accreditation

Experience
Essential criteria

• Significant post registration experience of delivering occupational therapy in hospital or community setting
• Experience of working with people with a range of mental health problems

Desirable criteria

• Supporting other members of staff Professional practice education of Occupational Therapy students
• Working with other agencies
• Experience of having acted as a Care Co-ordinator.
• Working with people from different ethnic backgrounds

The Covid-19 vaccination remains the best line of defence against Covid-19 to protect individuals, colleagues, patients, and communities, and the Trust encourages staff to take up the offer of being fully vaccinated. Please note all staff members who are working in healthcare premises, working with patients/service users and/or undertaking patient/service user visits will be required to take a twice weekly Lateral Flow Test, and to produce evidence of their negative test result on request.

If you have any concerns about whether this affects your eligibility to undertake a role with the Trust, you may wish to contact the recruiting manager to discuss this further. Staff are able to order LFT kits through the Government website free of charge.

Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual's needs.

The Trust's purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: - We Care, We Listen, We Deliver

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