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:
To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
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
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
www.jobsincare.com/job/j1WNmqE3 (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.
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:
To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
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
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
www.jobsincare.com/job/j1WNmqE3 (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.