Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.

An excited opportunity has arisen on Greyfriars Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for an experienced, compassionate and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist. 

Greyfriars Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 10 bedded mixed unit which provides care for those people who require a period of increased supervision and intensive input as a result of acute mental health problems. Greyfriars is situated within Wotton Lawn Hospital a 88 bedded acute In-Patient Unit for Working Age Adults with a range of complex mental health conditions. Wotton Lawn has 4 acute wards, and a fully equipped Therapy Department (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Health & Exercise).

The Therapy Department within Wotton Lawn Hospital provides a 7-day service. The post involves having a responsibility for devising and providing Occupational Therapy intervention to in-patient service users with complex mental health needs within Greyfriars PICU. This will incorporate the principles of Recovery and Social Inclusion, to ensure effective and safe discharge planning. The post holder will also have responsibility for delegating tasks as outlined in individual Occupational Therapy intervention plans.

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Main duties of the job

The post holder should be able to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning skills, apply theory to practice and communicate effectively with patients, their carer's and colleagues alike.

Provide specialist Occupational Therapy Assessment and Treatment to individuals with complex Mental Health needs, who may also have Learning Disabilities and Physical health challenges.

Use the Model of Human Occupation, and associated assessment tools, within clinical practice, and to support clinical reasoning.

Ensure risks associated with intervention and environment are assessed and managed in collaboration with MDT.

To provide support to the OT Team and wider hospital community

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.