Occupational Therapist

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to help us deliver a holistic and patient centred care for our inpatient Mental Health service. This is an exceptional opportunity to work in a multi AHP environment within an established, collaborative and supportive team.

Parklands Hospital is a recovery focused in-patient adult mental health unit and older person mental health unit situated in Basingstoke. It has 82 beds including: Acute, Ministry of Defence and Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) facilities.

You will be working as part of a supportive and committed Allied Health Team and will have opportunity to access Preceptorship programme within the trust. You will also complete occupational assessments, group and individual work required to support service users in their recovery.

Are you committed to putting meaningful occupation at the heart of engaging with patients and their support network? If so, we would love to hear from you. We believe our staff are our most valuable asset; and excellent, well trained and motivated staff will help us deliver this transformation, creating a culture of compassion, collaboration and continuous improvement., To work closely with the Allied Health Therapy Team Lead, and the wider nursing and therapy staff, as well as Consultants and medics to provide services for patients with acute mental health and organic conditions ensure a tailored delivery of treatment, care planning and discharge planning where appropriate.

To manage autonomously a defined caseload from the wards, using evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. The plan of care, which has been developed in conjunction with the patient, carer and relevant others, should be outcome based and ensure appropriate pathways of care.

To plan and implement appropriate discharge and to work closely with community mental health teams and other care partners to enable smooth transition of care for service users from hospital to the community or to a suitable placement for their needs.

To delegate appropriate tasks to nursing and therapy colleagues, Associate Practitioners, activity coordinators, and Health Care Support Workers and offer clinical supervision to support them in their role.

Promote health and prevention of illness and disease by providing information to individuals where possible. Recognise situations that may be detrimental to health for example housing, social and economic factors and liaise with appropriate team members.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the hospital-wide Occupational Therapy Service.

To participate in the supervision and appraisal process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence