Senior Occupational Therapists - ***£3000 Welcome Bonus*** inNorwich inNorwich PUBLISHED
THU 19 DEC 2024
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust is seeking Senior Occupational Therapists to join the Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team based at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich. The team is composed of diverse professionals and provides intensive support to service users experiencing crises, aiming to prevent hospital admissions. The role includes responsibilities such as shift coordination, triaging, and assessments, while working collaboratively across shared caseloads rather than holding individual ones. Applicants should have experience in acute or community settings, along with a solid understanding of the local mental health system.
Successful candidates will benefit from extensive support, including a structured induction, ongoing training, and reflective practice sessions. Working long days in a three-on, four-off shift pattern, the position offers opportunities for professional development and engagement with a quality improvement-focused team. A £3,000 welcome bonus is also offered to attract external applicants.
The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team based at Hellesdon Hospital; Norwich are seeking ambitious Senior Occupational Therapists to join our existing team.
Our diverse team ranging from assistant practitioners, a hands-on service manager, physician associates, advanced nurse practitioners and more, can offer you the opportunity to develop your skillset, working alongside and learning from senior clinicians in a varied occupational therapy role.
We're proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in Norwich, South, North and Central Norfolk who are presenting in crisis. We're passionate about providing alternative to hospital admissions, so you can expect to be undertaking rewarding, intensive work.
As a senior occupational therapist within the team, you can expect a range of responsibilities including shift coordinator, triaging, assessments, working in home treatment within a community setting without solely holding a caseload.
We split the team geographically and take equal responsibility for caseloads, so you will not hold one independently. Whether you have experience gained from an acute or community setting previously, it is important you recognise acute presentation and have a good understanding of the local mental health system.
If you enjoy working with high-risk cases, are looking to develop as an autonomous, confident practitioner, then we'd love to hear from you!
When you join us, you can expect to be supported in building your competence in assessment, there will be a minimum of two-week local induction and a core competency framework to work with, to support you to develop your assessment skills, using evidence-based practice.
We host regular reflective practice sessions, training days and wellbeing workshops, as well as clinical and management supervision. CRHT are quality improvement focussed and have regular interfaces with a range of teams, both internally and externally, including a focus on outreach with primary care.
The shift pattern is long days, 3 per week, including night cover, with 4 days off, we can offer the opportunity to rotate if this is something of particular interest.
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**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **
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