Occupational Therapist | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,469 - £38,308 per annum (inclusive of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford Kent, DA2 8DA |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7230066/380-AC0707 |
Summary
Would you like to be part of a forward thinking mental health inpatient service? The Jasmine Ward team is looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join them.
KMPT offers an extensive preceptorship program for newly qualified staff. Our ward environments offer a unique opportunity to develop your Occupational Therapy skills within a supportive therapy and multi-disciplinary team.
What is High Cost Area Allowance?
The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.
As this post is based in Dartford the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.
• 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 per year and a maximum payment of £2,121 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)
The salary listed is inclusive of the High-Cost Area Allowance.
As Occupational Therapists, we are positioned to shape the culture of inpatient settings to promote a therapeutic day that co-exists to enhance therapeutic interventions and recovery-focused ethos on the units.
Applicants are required to be a car drivers and have access to a car for home visits and assessments unless supported by the Equality Act whereby the Trust will be expected to make reasonable adjustments for the successful candidate.
Please be aware, that although we are a Mental Health Ward, all staff are expected to wear PPE in line with Government Guidelines.
The applicant needs to be physically able to complete physical interventions training and use the skills when supporting with restraints.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025
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