Senior Occupational Therapist inNorthampton inNorthampton PUBLISHED 2 DEC 2023

Band 7: £43,742 to £50,056 a year pa pro rata  PERMANENT 

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

NHFT is really excited to be recruiting an occupational therapist post in the CAMHS Intensive outreach team, this is a fairly new Service within Northamptonshire, come and join us in developing this new team and enhancing the CQC Outstanding Services we offer.

The CAMHS Intensive Outreach team will offer Intensive Home Treatment for young people across Northamptonshire. The team will be attached to the CAMHS Inpatient provision, offering assessment, risk management and stabilisation. The CAMHS inpatient knowledge and expertise of managing Tier 4 admissions will be utilised to inform the interventions and management strategies. Part of this new role will be to work alongside inpatients.

The post holder will manage a defined area of work within the CAMHS inpatients units and IOT alongside.

They will be supervising junior staff members andundertake Occupational Therapy and sensory assessments as needed, using clinical knowledge and skills to carry out a comprehensive assessment of clients. The post holder will analyse and evaluate the information obtained during assessment to develop, implement and monitor Occupational Therapy goals/care plans consistent with good practice. They will continually monitor and evaluate treatment, in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

NHFT is really excited to be recruiting an occupational therapist post in the CAMHS Intensive outreach team, this is a fairly new Service within Northamptonshire, come and join us in developing this new team and enhancing the CQC Outstanding Services we offer.

The CAMHS Intensive Outreach team will offer Intensive Home Treatment for young people across Northamptonshire. The team will be attached to the CAMHS Inpatient provision, offering assessment, risk management and stabilisation. The CAMHS inpatient knowledge and expertise of managing Tier 4 admissions will be utilised to inform the interventions and management strategies. Part of this new role will be to work alongside inpatients.

The post holder will manage a defined area of work within the CAMHS inpatients units and IOT alongside.

They will be supervising junior staff members andundertake Occupational Therapy and sensory assessments as needed, using clinical knowledge and skills to carry out a comprehensive assessment of clients. The post holder will analyse and evaluate the information obtained during assessment to develop, implement and monitor Occupational Therapy goals/care plans consistent with good practice. They will continually monitor and evaluate treatment, in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.



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