Senior Occupational Therapist

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is enthusiastic about working within mental health and possesses good time management skills and a compassionate approach to others. The successful candidate will be an able team worker with excellent communication skills with experience of working successfully within busy environments. If you have these qualities and wish to work with a supportive team who strive to achieve high standards, please apply.

The post holder will have substantial experience, special interest, and expertise in Mental Health Occupational Therapy, the post holder will use their deep understanding of the relationship between occupation and mental health to provide occupational therapy to maintain, restore or create a match beneficial to the individual between the abilities of the person, the demands of her/his occupations in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure and the demands of the environment (adapted from Creek 2003).

The post holder will deliver a range of group and/or individual interventions drawn from relevant frames of reference, demonstrating sophisticated clinical reasoning skills. They will prioritise planning and delivering interventions for people whose mental health problems have a marked impact on their occupational functioning, who demonstrate high occupational risk and who have complex occupational needs.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Essential: - oDiploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (OT); - oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration; - oPost Graduate training relevant to mental health work in appropriate speciality

Essential: - Detailed knowledge of how mental health problems impact on occupational performance and how occupational therapy theory informs practice within community mental health settings; - Knowledge of current best practice in community mental health and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation; - Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions using expert level clinical reasoning

Essential: - Ability to demonstrate a significant level of experience within a Occupational Therapy a mental health setting; - Familiarity with audit processes; - Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialties