Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Occupational Therapist

Grade: Band 5/6

Ward/Dept: Highfield Unit

Location: Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX

Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Hours: 37.5 hours Monday-Friday (includes some weekends, evenings and school holiday periods.)

Shift Pattern: 9:00-17:00 (Flexible working pattern available)

Pay Rate: £17.69 - £21.80

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist for the Highfield Unit based in Warneford Hospital. We are seeking a candidate who is able to supply specialist services to young people with mental health problems.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Their services are delivered across the community in hospitals, clinics, community bases and in patients homes, as they focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

The post holder will be responsible for providing assessments, treatments and evaluation processes for referred patients whilst partnering with colleagues to enable continuity of care. In managing your own caseload there will be responsibility to work collaboratively for treatment programmes and discharge plans which will regularly be re-evaluated in order to transition patients through stages of their care. The role requires the development and maintenance of relevant therapeutic activities as appropriate to the patient group served, including opportunities for cognitive, creative, education, work, leisure, interpersonal and life skills. There will be a requirement to be able to work flexibly across the service, through weekends, evening and outside of school term-time.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

• Current relevant professional registration
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience
• Enhanced DBS
• UK/NHS experience
• Experience of supervising staff
• Working knowledge of CAMHS services or Adult in-patient & community services
• Experience working with young people with ASD and knowledge of sensory integration assessments.

Job description

Job description can be provided upon request.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant degree or equivalent

HCPC Registered

Essential Criteria

Essential

Enhanced DBS

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progressionaccess to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balanceflexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Accessover 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current relevant professional registration
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience

Experience

Essential

• UK/NHS experience
• Experience of supervising staff
• Working knowledge of CAMHS services or Adult in-patient & community services
• Experience working with young people with ASD and knowledge of sensory integration assessments.

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Enhanced DBS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Headington

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)