Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health - Occupational Therapy Rotation Scheme
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Rotational every 9 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- OTOPENDAY
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various Sites - Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/05/2024
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Open Day
Band 6
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Open Day - Saturday 18 May 2024
10:00 – 13.00
Highlands House, 10-12 Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN
Booking required.
West Kent Community Mental Health Teams
Are you a highly motivated and qualified Occupational Therapist?
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join an innovative Community Mental Health Rotation within the West Kent Locality working with Adults?
You will have the opportunity to consolidate your knowledge of occupational therapy and be involved in delivering high-quality, evidence-based, outcome-measured occupational therapy interventions. This post also allows you to develop skills in/as a lead health care professional, and assessment skills for mental health needs with an occupational therapy focus.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, coordinated CPD program including a robust supervision structure, action learning sets, communities of practice, core competence training and an annual conference. Staff are valued for their expertise in occupationally focused interventions and specialist group therapy. Opportunities to undertake further development such as enhanced practitioner apprenticeships, and other leadership programs and apprenticeships.
There is an opportunity for flexible working and part-time working.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit 5 Occupational Therapists for Band 6 posts which will offer 9-month rotations in the following areas:
- Maidstone Community Mental Health (Mental Health Together Plus)
- West Kent Crisis Home Treatment Team
- South West Kent Community Mental Health – older adult specialism (Mental Health Together plus and Memory Assessment Service)
- Community Rehabilitation
- Primary Care Mental Health (Mental Health Together)
We would like to invite you to attend our open day; this will enable you to see for yourself the excellent work that is carried out by our Community Mental Health Teams. You will get access to our site in Highlands House Tunbridge Wells and meet members of the team who can talk to you about the services they provide to the local community.
Anyone interested will be offered an interview on the day.
Facilities will be available on the day for applications to be made. However, if you submit an application form before the event this will help to save time on the day and for us to allocate an interview slot. Alternatively, bring an up-to-date CV and we will be able to interview you.
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, we would like to invite you to our Open Day on Saturday 18 May at Highlands House, 10-12 Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN. The session will run from 1000 – 1300 hours.
Booking is essential. To book the event or for further information, please contact Sue Willis 01892 709211 or [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for Care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We have a limited number of spaces available at the event so booking is essential. To book the event or for further information, please contact Sue Willis, Business Administrator 01892 709211 or [email protected]
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 2010).
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- A recognised Occupational Therapist professional qualification
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.
Desirable criteria
- Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
- Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 or more years post qualification, Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
- Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pat Morgan
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Allied Health Professions
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07887793358
- Additional information
For more details, please contact
Pippa Macdonald
Head of Allied Health Professions- West Directorate
07789932747
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