Community Occupational Therapist • Great Yarmouth Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nCommunity Occupational Therapist with Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust in Great Yarmouth\n\n Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, youll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. Were 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. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs Are you a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) with ambitions to develop your career? Have you used/or are familiar with OT assessments such as the Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST) or other outcome measures. Are you interested in holistic approaches within the Mental Health Sector? An opportunity has arisen to join the Great Yarmouth Community Therapies Service (formally known as St Cath's) which provides an OT led therapy service that is communityoriented for people aged 25 and over who are experiencing mental health problems. The team provides a Monday - Friday service and offers a programme of foundation, focused and community-based group activities both outdoor and from community hubs. As well as, outreach and one to one assessments and interventions for service users under the care of a Secondary Care Adult Community Mental Health Services. Groups include OT led, psychologically and therapeutically informed work and Recovery Focused Community groups. The groups focus on community integration or re-integration as a part of a person's wishes in their recovery. The team is looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our busy team of OT's, Peer Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners. You will need to be passionate and enthusiastic about OT and Community Mental Health with an interest in quality improvement for the person. Here at the Great Yarmouth Community Therapy Team, we are on a journey of improvement, and this is an exciting opportunity to join us in delivering the best possible care for our local community. You will be working alongside a team of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Peer support workers and an Art Psychotherapist to deliver a service that serves the need of reducing the barriers that hinder people to access what is meaningful to them. You will be providing specialist assessments and interventions to service users currently accessing secondary care via Great Yarmouth Community Mental Health Team. Within this role you will need to be able to work independently and travel around the local area independently. You will be involved in all aspects of the OT pathway from assessment to intervention to discharge, working autonomously to provide a range of interventions both on a 1:1 basis and in group work. Within the role you will work closely with the wider Great Yarmouth Community Mental Health Team to support with assessment of OT needs and to provide advice and guidance where required. As a senior member of staff you will be heavily involved in the daily delivery of the service, providing specialist advice and guidance to other staff members and implementing a high quality evidence based Occupational Therapy service. "}