Senior Occupational Therapist

This is a part time post working 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday during standard business hours, within the Hospital at Home treatment team that will cover the Black Country footprint of Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton localities as dependent on need.

We are proud and excited to be establishing this new service, dedicated to supporting older adults in a community setting. By providing alternatives to hospital admission, and supporting early hospital discharge, this role will be fundamental in enabling older adults in a mental health crisis, to regain independence, and recovery in the least restrictive environments.

This is a unique opportunity to join a multi disciplinary team that is being newly formed and we are seeking a dynamic senior Occupational Therapist to join us at the start of this transformational journey. Working alongside the Advanced Occupational Therapy practitioner, you will have the opportunity to develop and establish the role of occupational therapy, within an older adult hospital at Home mental health crisis service.

The primary function of the Hospital at Home team is to support older adults experiencing mental health crisis, providing care and treatment in a community setting. The team will work closely with existing community and inpatient services to provide alternatives to hospital admission and to facilitate and support early hospital discharges as required.

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and occupationally focused interventions, within a multi professional team, to older adults who are experiencing signigicant and / or urgent mental health needs. You will be expected to manage a caseload of older adults experiencing mental health crisis, that my coincide with significant physical health, impacting on occupational performance, but you will use your clinical reasoning and evidence based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions aimed at improving occupational performance and participation.

Taking a lead in promoting recovery focused models of care which are responsive to the needs of older adults, you will enable person centred care planning, goals and outcomes.

Working as a senior autonomous practitioner within a community multdisciplinary team setting, you will liaise and provide advice to members of the team, to patients, carers and across a range of clinical pathways.

Develop leadership for support staff, act as a student educator and offer placement experience to students, acting as a role model and providing ongoing support daily, in addition to supervision and appraisal processes.

The Hospital at Home treatment team is newly developed and first of its kind within Black Country Healthcare trust. We are proud to be establishing this team that will offer support to older adults presenting in an acute mental health crisis.