Job overview

Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to join a high performing mental health Trust?

We are very excited to be able to offer a suitably qualified Occupational Therapy post within our established multi-disciplinary Recovery Team in the beautiful regency town of Cheltenham.

We welcome applicants who would be able to work 30 hours or more per week.

 The successful applicant will gain valuable Mental Health experience within well respected and successful services and work in both urban and rural parts of North  Gloucestershire. We are looking for a motivated individual with experience of working in a mental health services.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a caseload of people with complex mental health needs, providing assessment, intervention, review and care planning.
• Complete occupational and functional assessments and provide interventions to promote independence, recovery and meaningful activity.
• Support people with daily living, routines, community participation, vocational and social goals.
• Contribute to risk assessments, safeguarding, care planning and discharge planning.
• Attend and contribute to MDT meetings, clinical reviews and professional discussions.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and outcome measures in line with Trust requirements.
• Undertake supervision, CPD and reflective practice and support the supervision and development of OT students.
• Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement within the Recovery Team.

The teams provide a planned needs lead 9am-5pm five days a week service. The hours are 37.5  hours per week.

For further details on this vacancy please don’t hesitate to contact Team Manager Lorraine Morris  via 0300 421 2072 

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.