Occupational Therapist - Birmingham Birmingham, England
Job description
Are you looking to join a highly motivated, knowledgeable and innovative OT team?
Location: Birmingham
Salary: up to £30,000 depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Full and Part Time Opportunities available
The Charity
St Andrew’s Healthcare is a charity providing specialist mental healthcare services. We work in partnership with a number of NHS, voluntary, educational and research organisations to deliver a range of specialist inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve the lives of people with complex mental health needs.
St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 118 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.
We are very proud that our Birmingham hospital is rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission and ‘Outstanding’ in responsiveness. We are also part of a wider healthcare provider collaborative, REACHOUT, working in association with two other NHS Trusts in the West Midlands.
You should have:
- An interest to work within a secure setting.
- An interest, knowledge, and understanding of a range of theoretical frameworks and approaches which guide practice and clinical reasoning. For example Model of Human Occupation, occupational science, occupational diagnosis, and sensory approaches.
- Knowledge and experience in using occupational assessment tools to support clinical reasoning, treatment planning, and evaluation of interventions.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with members of the MDT and patient group, and the ability to liaise with a variety of outside agencies (within and outside of the hospital).
As a registered OT you would be joining a highly motivated, knowledgeable, and innovative team. Experience will be gained as part of a multi-disciplinary team, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload, and offering OT-specific assessment and treatment to groups and individuals within your care. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with members of the MDT.
As an employee of St Andrews, you will adopt an inclusive and ‘can do’ attitude in approaching your work, seeking to offer OT to all patients within our care. You will demonstrate a good understanding of OT within secure services, including an application of risk assessment skills. In sharing your experience of applying the OT process, you should also emphasise how you promote our specialism as a profession.
You will have the opportunity to undertake a comprehensive OT induction package, as well as a full preceptorship program through your first 12 months. Our staff also benefit from regular supervision from a registered OT. Continued professional development is encouraged, with access to a range of in-house CPD events, as well as an expectation to support the development and training of OT students. Further opportunities include networking opportunities with colleagues of the same and different grades within the service and The Charity. This all adds to the extensive grounding you would receive here to launch your OT career.
We would also welcome and consider applications for flexible working and job share. This role may also involve working late evenings and weekends
Reward
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
- Excellent professional and career development and training opportunities
- ‘Transform’ our Leadership development program
- Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes
- Pension and life assurance
- Sickness policy on par with the NHS
- 35 days annual leave, increasing further after service (including bank holidays)
- Electric Car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Healthcare cash plan
- Free parking
- Paid DBS application
If you have any questions regarding the post or want to arrange a visit please contact: Lead Occupational therapist, [email protected]
