{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nOccupational Therapist with NHS Professionals Limited in Oxford\n\n Grade: Band 6 Job Title: Occupational Therapist Ward/Dept: Ashurst Ward Location: Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, OX4 4XN Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week (part-time and flexible working available) Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00 Pay Rate: £21.80 per hour (agenda for change) The Role Thank you for your interest in this exciting role as a Mental Health Occupational Therapist in an Acute Neurosciences. We are seeking a cheerful and calming Occupational Therapist that is passionate about rehabilitating patients experiencing mental health crises to fulfil this exciting role. The Trust/Ward/Department Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Their services are delivered across the community in hospitals, clinics, community bases and in patients homes, as they focus on delivering care as close to home as possible. Ashurst ward is an 11-bed PICU based at Littlemore Hospital with a multi-disciplinary team offering intensive psychiatric care. The ward offer you access to lots of resources to support your work, such a gym, music rooms or garden, as well as many different CPD opportunities the team are able to support you pursuing. The Responsibilities If you are successful in your application to this post, you will be expected to manage and deliver on the responsibilities outlined below as well as those not included here, call today to discuss further: Manage a varied caseload, progressing to include complex and at times highly complex cases. Providing occupational therapy services to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the outcome of intervention and document all stages Supervise junior or non-registered members of staff, and participate in the education of occupational therapy students Provide supervision of activity workers Participate and collaborate as a member within a multi-disciplinary team, including completing PEACE interventions You may be required to occasionally commute to different sites within the Trust or perform home visits of patients To be successful in applying for this role you will need: Degree level qualification in Occupational Therapy To be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team NHS experience PEACE or equivalent training PMVA/Control and restraint training. Experience or interest in working within acute mental health Desire for candidates to community or crisis OT experience Job description Job description can be provided upon request. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Relevant degree or equivalent HCPC Registered Essential Criteria Essential Enhanced DBS In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of Relevant Qualifications Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable. About us Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts. Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name NHS Professionals Limited Employer's website https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab) Thank you for your interest in this exciting role as a Mental Health Occupational Therapist in an Acute Neurosciences. We are seeking a cheerful and calming Occupational Therapist that is passionate about rehabilitating patients experiencing mental health crises to fulfil this exciting role. You will be based with our established 11 bedded psychiatric intensive care unit in Oxford (Ashurst) where you will deliver evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions and use your creative problem solving to adapt opportunities for activity within PICU environment. This role is so valuable in ensuring patients are supported to maintain their occupational identities during this acute phase of ill health. Using activity as a therapeutic tool, as well as evidence-based assessments, you will assess an individuals readiness to step in to less restricted environments and progress their recovery. The Inpatient Occupational Therapy team are driven to progress the quality of the service they deliver to our service users, carers and colleagues and regularly review their practice and identify objectives. Based on this we are currently implementing VdTMOCA. You will provide clinical leadership and supervision for Occupational Therapists across our inpatient units in Oxfordshire, work as part of the Adult Directorate Occupational Therapy senior leadership team and have opportunities to contribute to clinical projects as part of the wider senior management team in the Directorate. "}