Occupational Therapy Assistant

There is an exciting opportunity for individuals who have an interest in working with service users with a variety of mental health needs within a secure setting. We have an Occupational Therapy Assistant post on our Medium Secure unit at The Hatherton Centre, St George's hospital, working with adult males on the rehabilitation ward. Including opportunity to work with the existing ward/multi-disciplinary team to bring new ideas to develop the delivery of therapy for service users., The post holder will be responsible for assisting in the development and delivery of treatment to service users. Therapy will be expected to be offered on an individual and group basis alongside Occupational Therapy and ward staff. This includes assisting at all stages of the Occupational Therapy process; supporting assessments, planning, and implementing interventions, evidencing, evaluating and outcome measuring therapy to ensure delivery is high quality. They will work actively as part of the multi-disciplinary team. They will be required to work collaboratively and flexibly with both the Occupational Therapy and ward team to meeting the diverse needs of our service users and adapt to the demands of the ward.

We are looking for a self-motivated and caring individual who will make a positive contribution to the quality of lives of our service users and delivery high quality care.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.