Occupational Therapy Apprentice

Occupational Therapy Apprentice London, England

West London NHS Trust
Full Time London, England 22816 - 24336 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Do you want to become an occupational therapist? Then this is the opportunity for you!

In recognition of the vital role that occupational therapists play in supporting clients to live healthy and fulfilled lives, the Trust has invested in eight occupational therapy apprenticeship posts. These posts will be based across the Local Services CSU:

  • Acute Mental Health, Hounslow inpatient mental health unit (Lakeside)
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Hounslow Neurodevelopmental Team
  • Clayponds Hospital Ealing, recovery from severe or sudden physical illness.
  • Community and Recovery Mental Health Services, Ealing Mental Health Integrated Network Teams (MINT)
  • Community and Recovery Mental Health Services, Hounslow Mental Health Integrated Network Teams (MINT)
  • Older Persons Mental Health Service, Ealing Cognitive Impairment and Dementia team
  • Older Persons Mental Health Service, Inpatient ward in Ealing
  • Psychological medicine, tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Servie
The apprenticeship is run in partnership with a number of London based Universities, travel to those campuses will be required as necessary. There is a separate admissions selection process run through the university. This post is dependent on passing the academic entrance requirements and application process for that university. The Trust will support the successful candidate through this process.

  • Professional registration is not required for this role*
You will work as an occupational therapy assistant in one of those teams and be a core part of the occupational therapy offer to the clients of those services. You will be fully supported with study leave and off-the-job training to ensure that you are able to meet the necessary requirements of the occupational therapy apprenticeship. The course will also comprise of a range of clinical placements in other settings to ensure that you are able to gain the fullest range of experience possible.

You will need to be self-motivated and able to manage the competing demands of working full time alongside studying for a degree level qualification. It goes without saying that you will also need to be passionate about occupational therapy. Please answer these following questions in your application:

  • What has led you to Occupational Therapy?
  • What skills do you have that are relevant to Occupational Therapy?
  • What is your preferred post and why?
This is a very exciting opportunity to get paid to train to be an occupational therapist and so if you have been considering a career in healthcare for some time then this could be the right time for you.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

The recruitment and interview will in two parts, a face-to-face small group activity then presentation of the work at one of our Trust sites on 03/11/23. You will be required to bring your academic certificates to the face-to-face interview. If successful within the group activity, individual MST interviews will be scheduled approximately a week after in your preferred teams.

For further information regarding the job description and main responsibilities please see attached Candidate Pack

Occupational Therapy Apprentice
West London NHS Trust

westlondon.nhs.uk
Southall, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
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