Occupational Therapist inGillingham inGillingham PUBLISHED
MON 16 DEC 2024
Applicants must possess a valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for business purposes. The role emphasises the importance of balancing various job aspects while maintaining an occupational focus to promote effective therapy practices within the community setting.
We have an exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic community mental health team working across Medway and Swale HTT.
This post would be suitable for both a newly qualified occupational therapist or someone with some experience looking to expand their knowledge and experience within a community mental health setting. You will have a strong interest in developing skills in working with service users who have complex mental health needs. We are looking for a practitioner with good communication and liaison skills who is forward-thinking and enthusiastic about innovative ways of working.
All community teams across Kent are looking to deliver a new care pathway approach, where service users will be offered a menu of interventions. These interventions would be offered by various professionals, but Occupational Therapists will play a key part in this process.
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Managing acaseloadof service users who have complex needs
- Balancing all aspects of the job role.
- Being flexible and responsive to competing demandsPromoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice
About us
To assist in identifying, developing, and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.To assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence-based, service user-centred, hope and recovery, health promotion, and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Please see the job description for full details.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2.
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