Mental Health Occupational Therapist - Adult Acute In-Patients

Main area Adult Acute Mental Health Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 301-JC-

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Brocton Ward, St Georges Hospital Town Stafford Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/ :59

Mental Health Occupational Therapist - Adult Acute In-Patients

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

Fixed term 12 months maternity cover post

Come and join our innovative team at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT), a Trust that values people, empowerment and partnerships.

As Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s), we focus on maintaining people’s essential life skills, making life better for our communities, using a recovery focused approach.

We are currently recruiting to a band 5 OT position on Brocton House. Brocton is a 20 bed inpatient facility for working age adults with acute mental health problems. Brocton also houses the 6 bed Whittington Suite used for serving military personnel.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be able to function autonomously in multidisciplinary teams, with supervision from an experienced practitioner. There will be an expectation that you will work flexibly, possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and effective clinical reasoning.

You will take responsibility for your own caseload of service users for which you will care coordinate. There will be balance between generic and profession specific work. The environment can be fast paced and challenging, however, highly rewarding with ample opportunities to use existing OT skills and for growth of new skills. Your role will involve working with other agencies, families, carers and local communities.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We provide inpatient facilities for working age adults with acute mental health problems and we are looking for caring, compassionate individuals to work within our acute service who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an acute environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most difficult times.

With you in our team, we will empower you to work innovatively, showing a commitment to providing compassionate care and a strong desire to improve the patient’s experience. You will be able to apply the philosophies of engagement, recovery and positive care in your work with your patients.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy OR MSc in Occupational Therapy OR soon to be registered OT
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Experience

• Experience of formulating OT specific assessments, planning, co-ordinating and supporting adults experiencing mental health disorders
• Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary/multi-agency teams
• Post and pre-registration experience in a range of clinical settings or if waiting for registration placement experience to draw from.
• Experience of working in a variety of clinical settings and making decisions autonomously

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of profession specific strategy, guidance and policy
• Knowledge of the Mental Health NICE Guidelines, CQC
• Knowledge of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Ethics and Professional Code of Conduct/HCPC Standards of practice

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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