Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £34,581.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Fulbourn, CB21 5EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-24-0382 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. The post holder will provide Occupational Therapy interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of recovery and enablement. The Occupational Therapist will work under the supervision of their Senior Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapist Advanced Practitioner. To collaborate as part of the multi-disciplinary team to provide Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention, reports and recommendations. The post holder will apply a level of understanding of the effects of acute mental health difficulties on occupational performance and provide supportive information on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service users social and physical environment. The post holder will work collaboratively with service users to promote access to vocational opportunities. The post holder will ensure that all modification to intervention plans will involve the service user and where appropriate the carer; collaboratively identifying, pursuing and reviewing goals in the context of care planning. The post holder will plan and implement individual and/or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and satisfactory occupational performance outcomes. The post holder will work with service users with mental health and social needs, at times in an acute phase of distress. The post holder will promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture, physical health and age. The post holder will promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence-based practice.