Occupational Therapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust ,
Church, Lancashire
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An exciting opportunity to influence and contribute to the future development of Havering Community Recovery Services (CRS) in NELFT. *Applicants must be a qualified Occupational Therapist to apply.* In Havering CRS we are looking to recruit a highly skilled, motivated and committed Practitioner to join our dynamic team at this challenging and exciting time. You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with mental health experience, possess an understanding of how multidisciplinary teams need to function and be passionate about delivering quality service. It is important that the successful candidate is experienced and has a good knowledge mental health and of working with adults, their carers and families. The successful candidate with also have an interest in developing and promoting evidence based practice within the team and setting high standards for service delivery. The Occupational Therapist in CRS will be responsible for the co-ordination of clients who present with serious mental illness and often with complex presentations involving substance use and physical health concerns, and will be responsible for a designated caseload. They will support the team in ensuring service delivery is maintained on a day to day basis and that it is delivered to a high standard of clinical care which is needs led and compliant with Care Programme Approach (CPA). The post holder will ensure NHS and Trust policy, procedures and guidance are carried out as routine practice, and will work efficiently and constructively with key partner organisations and colleagues. The post is full time, offering excellent opportunities to develop special professional interests; share expertise and work closely with colleagues. Specialist training, good support and partnership working is offered. We have close working relationships with multi-agency partners such as Westminster Drug project, HAABIT, Psychological, Perinatal and CAMHS services along with our inpatient and crisis services. The team operational working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, although some flexibility may be needed, a car driver would be desirable but not essential for the role. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Assessment/Interview info At NELFT we set very high standards to ensure we provide quality services. We require prospective employees to carry out an online literacy and numeracy test, equivalent to NVQ Level 2. For more information regarding our assessments, please visit our website. If you are shortlisted, invited for interview and successfully offered the post, you will be required to undertake an assessment for these skills during the pre-employment checks. Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham Essex High Cost Area Supplement - London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of 3,722 to a maximum of 4,743). For further details / informal visits contact: Carmel Micheals Havering Community Recovery Service Manager Church Rd RM3 0SH 0300 555 1083 / 1093 Zoe Townsend Havering Occupational Therapy / Recovery Social Inclusion Lead RM3 0SH 0300 555 1083 / 1093 Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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