Rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapist

The Occupational Therapist will work with in a multi disciplinary team in a collaborative manner with patients and families. They will provide comprehensive assessments and interventions which promote recovery and positive risk taking maintaining occupation at the centre of their practice.

• Provide an occupational therapy service for a diverse range of people with complex mental health needs who are referred to the service.
• To carry out occupational therapy ethical and evidence based assessment, goal setting, implementation of individual and group treatment and programs and evaluation.
• To establish the needs of individuals referred into the service and plan care with colleagues from health, social services, families and the voluntary sector.
• To represent and promote the role of occupational therapy
• To actively engage in CPD activities offerred including band 5 peer support group, team in-service training, preceptorship program, specialist rotational competencies, clinical supervision.
  
  Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health. We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank. Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team. We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust. If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

The rotations are each a 12 month duration and provide opportunity to develop individual and group work skills across:
• Mental Health Services for Older People within inpatient and community mental health services
• Inpatient Low Secure Setting
• Inpatient High Secure Setting
• Adult Mental Health within a community setting