Occupational Therapist

We have an exciting Band 5 occupational therapy opportunity to come and be part of our dynamic, client-centred assessment and treatment ward for older adults.

The Meadows is a single storey building in the grounds of the Noble Park housing development in the former West Park Hospital site in Epsom. This is a 24/7 hospital service with 24 beds available for the care of people aged over 65 years who have dementia or organic mental ill-health (i.e decreased function due to medical or physical disease, rather than a psychiatric illness).

Your role will include completing comprehensive occupational therapy assessments, delivering both individual and group interventions and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This role will further provide you with the opportunity to supervise and work alongside an occupational therapy apprentice.

We use the Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice. Staff are valued for their expertise in occupationally focused interventions and specialist group therapy.

The Occupational Therapy Leadership Team is committed to an extensive, coordinated CPD programme including Trust wide training, core competence training, annual conferences, robust supervision structure, as well as reflective practice, specialist interest groups, eLearning, care groups and bimonthly occupational therapy forums., To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions (group and individual) to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways and with support/supervision from a specialist occupational therapist.

To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.

To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.

To contribute to occupational therapy student placements.

To participate in service development and audits.

To take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.