Senior Occupational Therapist
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We are looking for an Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Discovery programme. Discovery is a psychological and occupational therapy informed intervention for female and male offenders with personality disorder who are living in the community. Discovery aims to assist service-users in transition from custody to the community, to achieve pro-social community living and to enable effective risk management. The Discovery team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Offender Managers and Housing and Resettlement. You will work with service-users to develop occupational therapy formulations, provide occupation-focussed occupational therapy intervention and contribute to overall psychological and risk formulation.
During this fixed term there may also be the opportunity to spend some time working into the regional PIPEs (Psychologically Informed Planned Environments) alongside fellow Discovery Occupational Therapists.
Main duties of the job
You need to have experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary teams with people with complex mental health problems. You need to be able to demonstrate commitment to delivering theory-led and evidenced-based intervention.
The work of Discovery is challenging at both professional and personal levels. To support this work, the Discovery team actively maintain a reflective and supportive culture. You will be provided with extensive training and development opportunities and have profession specific supervision.
The office base is situated in Leeds. You will be required to travel by car within the Yorkshire region on a regular basis.
Please do contact us for further information.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Date posted
16 April 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-25624-RSP
Job locations
Personality Disorders Services
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Personality Disorders Services
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Employer's website
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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