Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 pa inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, W9 2BA |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6216236/333-J-KC-0752-A |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist in the North Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub. The hub is located in W9 with great transport links and serving a diverse population. The role is perfect for an Occupational Therapist with experience working in mental health wanting to broaden your skills in a community setting.
The post holder will be a valued member of the team and will offer Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for clients as well as supporting the overall work of the team by providing case work and some duty support.
The friendly and supportive team consists of medical staff, nurses, social workers, peer support workers, community navigators, arts therapies, employment specialists and psychology staff. There are two other Occupational Therapists in the team in and the post holder will co-facilitate some established groups as a part of the psychosocial offer of the hub and will have opportunity to use skills and creativity in developing further group interventions.
There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in house CPD opportunities. Team supervision will be provided by a senior member of the MDT and professional supervision will be provided by the K&C Lead OT.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
• To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in Adult Community Mental Health providing a high quality service to clients.
• To provide OT assessment and intervention for clients under the care of the team.
• To provide home assessments for adapted equipment, support recommendations and for accommodation needs.
• To provide evidence based group interventions.
• To provide a case worker role for a designated number of clients with an occupational focus.
• To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
• To offer clinical placements to Occupational Therapy Students.
• To provide informal support and supervision to other staff as needed.
The team will provide you will a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services.
CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession this enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our therapists / AHP's reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and evidence-based practice is made possible by our strong links with local universities and our CNWL AHP Research Network. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.
See attached Job Description for full details and please don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.
Further information about the service can be found on this link:
Kensington and Chelsea North Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024
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