Occupational Therapist

The role involves implementing person centred OT interventions and assessments and promoting the OT profession within this setting. The successful candidate will work under the supervision and guidance of an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist in order to refine their skills and develop within this role.

You will have the opportunity to develop strong therapeutic relationships with our service users during their admission to hospital which will support your professional approach and guide your assessments and interventions in order to make admissions meaningful and purposeful. Our current vacancy is on Mayfly ward, which is a 16 bedded female acute ward. However you will be employed by the Therapy Team who work across the 2 male acute, 2 female acute and 1 female Psychiatric Intensive care Unit. You may be required to help cover other wards during annual leave, sickness etc of other colleagues.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to take a clinical role in the OT assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of services for clients.Contribute to and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessments.Be involved in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of person-centred care planning and person-centred formulations.Provide a first line response to referrals, providing where necessary a health and social care needs assessment or meeting the needs already identified in a health and social care needs assessment.

You will also liaise with third sector services within the local community in order to signpost and engage our service users in meaningful activities to promote their recovery when leaving hospital. It is a desirable requirement is that you hold a full driving license and ability to drive trust vehicles in line with duties for patient activities etc.

You will be required to supervise and support an activity coordinator, and be willing to learn and share knowledge with this activity worker and the wider team.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.