Senior Occupational Therapist

Come and join one of our friendly, cohesive and supportive teams in the Mid & North Hampshire Division. Are you seeking a great opportunity to develop the Occupational Therapy role within community based adult mental health services? Due to service redesign within community mental health teams, we have an opportunity for experienced Occupational Therapists to join our CMHTs across the Mid and North Division. This is an exceptional and exciting opportunity to be able to develop the role and work closely with colleagues within a multi-disciplinary team providing expert assessment, guidance, advice and recommendation resulting in a genuinely holistic Occupational Therapy role being a key part of one of the established friendly and supportive teams.

We are looking for motivated and compassionate Occupational Therapists to help us shape the development of these roles which will encompass a specific OT caseload alongside Care Co-ordination. There are 4 CMHTs across the Mid and North Division; Andover, Winchester and two teams in Basingstoke.

Focusing on holistic care and recognising a variety of skill sets means we welcome applications from diverse Occupational Therapy backgrounds, whether you're looking to change direction or develop your career within mental health.

Main Duties & Tasks

To provide occupational therapy interventions for referred clients using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. This could include group work (supporting shared care/duty) and 1:1 intervention.

To complete OT functional assessments and support completion of funding applications.

To hold a small Care Co-ordinator caseload alongside a focused Occupational Therapy caseload (see job plan attached to advert).

To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within the clinical area supporting best practice within the MDT eg. care planning..

To regularly supervise OT students and provide education and upskilling to community support workers..

You will work as an active member of the wider division, taking lead responsibility for a key project/ subject matter.

You will be required to prioritise attendance at all training, attend supervision and apply reflective practice continuously to enable learning needs to be identified and met.

We will be delighted to answer any questions about the role and encourage you to get in touch for an informal chat.

Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy

Registration with HCPC

Post graduate level study/training

Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools- MOHO, VdT MoCA, COPM