Occupational Therapist- Band 6

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 OT into the inpatient mental health wards in West Suffolk. It is an exciting time for the team as it is now led by an AHP team lead and coming together as one team across adult and older adult wards. The AHP team has Physio, OT, OT assistants, activity workers and a fitness instructor. In this role, you would be working closely with a band 5 OT to provide OT assessment and interventions on the adult acute wards.

There is access to a gym, ADL kitchen and an established therapeutic garden on site. In this role there is opportunity to offer a holistic approach, issuing equipment, facilitating groups, liaising with family and carers and facilitating home assessments., As Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for:

Assessment of Activities of Daily Living

Report writing

Occupational Formulation

Planning and carrying out interventions

Contributing to care planning and risk assessment

Oversee the process and implementation of service user meal preparation

Group facilitation

Promoting recovery approach within the wider MDT

Support discharge planning, working with community teams

Provide outreach visits where indicated as part of the discharge process

Helping to oversee the ward timetable and also taking a lead in creating individual weekly planners based on level of functioning and goals.

Attending reviews and professionals meetings

Establishing and maintaining links with community services

Supervision of band 5 OT

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.