Write a very short cover letter in British English to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust for the job below that I found on jobsincare.com 

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                                                    Occupational Therapist with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Epsom, England, United Kingdom

                                                     Job Overview This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in mental health to join the team at Horton Rehabilitation Service. Horton Rehabilitation Service provides inpatient rehabilitation to adults with complex and enduring mental health. There are three units onsite consisting of two High Dependency Units and The Cottages which provides open/community rehabilitation. We consider that occupational therapy is central to rehabilitation. The post holder will be based on one of the wards as an integral member of the ward multi-disciplinary team, working alongside medical staff, nursing staff, an activities coordinator, peer support worker, fitness instructor, employment specialist, psychology and arts psychotherapy colleagues. You will need to be a motivated and flexible team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will hold a current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Horton Rehabilitation Service is based in Epsom, Surrey and is situated within spacious grounds and is a short distance from Epsom Town, providing good transport links, free onsite parking and access to local amenities. Main duties of the job The post holder will develop, facilitate and evaluate therapeutic groups and individual interventions as a part of the multi-disciplinary ward programme. The Occupational Therapy role is to provide assessment and intervention to individuals, identifying barriers to discharge and supporting individuals to enable optimum functioning throughout their admission and the right level of support when they leave the unit. This may include the assessment of activities of daily living, the use of standardised assessment tools, and prescribing equipment and making recommendations for future accommodation or care packages. There is also the opportunity be involved in the CNWL Recovery and Wellbeing College by facilitating inpatient “snapshot” courses as part of the Horton Recovery and Wellbeing College Spoke. Liaising with colleagues from the College and co-facilitating with peer trainers, supporting the delivery of the programme of courses onsite. Working for our organisation Come and join us and be one of the friendly and supportive 300 Occupational Therapists (OTs) in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. You could have a career for life with us and maintain your dual skills. OT in CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes an AHP director, Trust wide Professional Head of OT, borough and specialist Head OTs. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of our profession at all levels - both strategically and operationally. We recognise that the step between student and professional needs support so we have invested fully in our Band 5s development through robust supervision, a preceptorship programme and internal training. Success at preceptorship enables them to then be an educator for OT students. Career development opportunities are available and many of our Band 5s chose to stay with us in senior posts. There are regular Band 5 support groups and OT forum meetings. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities Thank you for your interest in our Band 5 Occupational Therapy post. Clinical 1.1 To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for service users on the Treatment ward in order to establish and meet their occupational needs. 1.2 To provide full vocational needs assessment, advice and on-going intervention related to an individual’s vocational needs. 1.3 To select and use validated standardised assessment tools routinely and in practice, exhibiting clinical reasoning skills; to include the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments. 1.4 To apply clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches and in line with the Trust’s Research and Development Strategy. 1.5 To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches. 1.6 To support service users and colleagues to ensure that care plans are developed in partnership with the individual and that they reflect ‘recovery goals’. These should be strengths-based and oriented towards reinforcing a positive identity and developing valued social roles. 1.7 To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals. 1.8 To establish links with the CNWL Recovery College. 1.9 To apply a level of understanding of the effects of mental illness and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user’s social and physical environment. 1.10 To determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on service user’s functional ability and undertake assessment/make recommendations with regards to the provision of equipment/aids and adaptations. 1.11 To be aware of medication issues in line with the CNWL OT Medication Management guidelines. 1.12 To follow local protocol and obtain recommended equipment and/or liaise with local providers of equipment to ensure provision as appropriate. Person specification Education And Qualifications Essential criteria Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy Registered Occupational Therapist with Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC). Desirable criteria Post graduate training specific to clinical specialty Practice Placement Educator’s Course Previous Experience Essential criteria Undergraduate experience in mental health. Experience of using a range of standardised OT assessm