Senior Occupational Therapist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,162 - £44,629 per annum, pro rata (Incl of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Maidenhead, SL6 1LD |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6230680/371-TAP-CFS134 |
Summary
Are you an experience Occupational Therapist with a passion for supporting young people and their families?
Are you looking for a part time role within a flexible, supportive team who consistently rate their job satisfaction highly?
We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our very well-established All Age Eating Disorders Service based in Maidenhead on a part time (22.5 hours) basis.
You will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care plans, and activities to support young people referred to the Berkshire CYP Eating Disorders Service.
Our service, covers Berkshire with two community clinics which are community out-patient services that provide evidence-based assessment and treatment for young people under the age of 18 presenting with an eating disorder, including where these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.
We are big on staff development and offer both internal and external training opportunities.
The service operates 9:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday so your hours would fall within this.
The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site or via digital media. You will be expected to work with this complex patient group without direct supervision, but reporting to and in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver a high standard of evidence-based care and treatment in order to maximise each young person's individual potential. .
This post includes working with families and / or carers in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team and also with community CAMHS, children’s social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues. The Service is an integral part of the wider specialist CAMHs service in Berkshire and is managed alongside and closely linked to the CAMHS Specialist Community Teams.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• Compassiontowards people struggling with eating disorders and mental health difficulties, and a heartfelt desire to help others;
• Resiliencewhich enables you to work in a fast-paced and at times demanding NHS environment;
• Commitmentto your colleagues and the ability to support each other, “muck in” and pull together as a team
• Creativityand innovation as you will be a part of a team which prides itself on adapting quickly and innovatively to change and challenges
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Emma Regan via email: emma.regan@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024
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