Occupational Therapist

At the Julian Hospital we have five older persons mental health inpatient wards, both organic and functional. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our AHP Team and support patients in their recovery from their acute distress. We value the knowledge and expertise of OT colleagues in the assessment and treatment of patients with acute illness and recognise the pivotal role that they play in supporting safe discharges from our wards. All the Occupational Therapists are assigned to one ward to be their primary place of work but here at the Julian we work as part of the wider Allied Health Professionals (AHP) team giving all the Therapists the unique opportunity to work across all the inpatient areas. To support this, we have implemented a rotation between organic wards and functional wards at the Julian hospital on a 6-9 month basis to allow for a holistic development of skills across both key areas. The team have a Clinical Team Lead who supports the team with operation management, professional development, service improvement and clinical leadership. We have great links between AHP colleagues across professions and throughout the care group and we have an AHP lead who is available to provide leadership and support with AHP specific matters and encourage your involvement with AHP specific service development projects.,

• To oversee and deliver high quality evidence-based practice and embed the Occupational Therapy process within the clinical area.
• Undertake occupation focused assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of interventions for service users.
• To support in the assessment and discharge planning of patients. This includes equipment provision within the community setting.
• Contribute to and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment and formulation. Providing specialist occupation-based advice and formulation.
• Be a practice educator for students.
• Participate/lead on developments within the service by using outcome measures and engaging in Quality Improvement projects (both locally and Trust wide).
• Provide supervision and leadership to our junior therapy staff, identifying any learning and development needs in respect of their clinical skills base.
  
  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.