Occupational Therapist

With our expanding Occupational Therapy service, we are looking to recruit a suitably experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist. The post holder will join the Hope and Resilience Hub Team to support the provision of the Occupational Therapy at the Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit sites.

Occupational Therapists work in the Hope and Resilience Hub team and support the acute inpatient wards. They work with patients to provide therapeutic, meaningful activities to support the individual's recovery and are committed to delivering high quality, person centred care. We are an evolving team which is open to change and developing new ways of working and have a positive profile within the Trust and with service users and carers.

This role will involve facilitating group work, home assessments to facilitate timely discharge, enabling functional assessments to take place and Wellness and Recovery planning. This will be achieved through MDT work, representing the team at unit level and within the Trust., The post holder, will be working as part of a team in the Hope and Resilience Hub and will link into the acute inpatient wards.

They will work with patients to provide therapeutic, meaningful activities to support the individual's recovery and are committed to delivering high quality, person-centred care.

The post holder will be expected to adopt the policies and philosophy of the service and provide occupational assessment, and treatment using a range of appropriate interventions based on the recovery philosophy and the Model of Human Occupation.

The role will involve facilitating group work, home assessments to facilitate timely discharge, enabling functional assessments to take place, support acute ward Occupational Therapists and provide Wellness and Recovery planning.

This will be achieved through MDT working representing the team at unit level and within the Trust.

Within the role you will need to have the ability to work independently to develop and deliver a clear OT service for inpatients and support the Occupational Therapy care pathway.

You will need to show initiative, drive and ability to think creatively for solutions.

Therefore, the post holder will be required to be a dynamic clinician and demonstrate a range of skills, including effective communication, empathy, self-awareness and critical, self-reflection skills.

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible


• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service


• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training


• Generous NHS pension scheme


• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits


• Health service discounts and online benefits


• Incremental pay progression


• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7


• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network


• Health and wellbeing opportunities


• Structured learning and development opportunities