Occupational TherapistinMaidstoneinMaidstonePUBLISHED WED 12 MAR 2025

Would you like to be part of a forward thinking mental health inpatient service? The Ruby ward team is looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join them.

KMPT offers an extensive preceptorship program for newly qualified staff. Our ward environments offer a unique opportunity to develop your Occupational Therapy skills within a supportive therapy and multi-disciplinary team.

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

• 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 per year and a maximum payment of £2,121 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)
  
  

As Occupational Therapists, we are positioned to shape the culture of inpatient settings to promote a therapeutic day that co-exists to enhance therapeutic interventions and recovery-focused ethos on the units.

Applicants are required to be a car drivers and have access to a car for home visits and assessments, unless supported by the Equality Act whereby the Trust will be expected to make reasonable adjustments for the successful candidate.

Please be aware, although we are a Mental Health Ward, all staff are expected to wear PPE in line with Government Guidelines.

You must be able to complete Physical Interventions Training to work on the ward.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England, where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day

We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future

To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tatjana Krizanovska Job title: Interim Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead Email address: Telephone number: