Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Weston-super-Mare

We are seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who is passionate about mental health and ready to develop and extend their skills working within a mental health rotational post, gaining experience with dementia, older people, acute, and mental health rehabilitation as well as physical problems. Whether you are newly qualified, about to graduate, a return to practice occupational therapist, or just looking for a change this could be the role for you.

You will be working as part of a multi-professional team with other AHP nursing and medical colleagues focussing on both the mental health recovery and the physical function and practical abilities of our service users.

You will have the opportunity to rotate across the four wards in North Somerset (Older adult functional, Older adult organic, Adults of working age and Mental health rehabilitation) to continue to develop your skills as a holistic practitioner whilst having the full support of your OT colleagues and wider multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will require excellent and adaptable communication skills and require a level of sensitivity and flexibility.

We can offer regular supervision, preceptorship, CPD opportunities and links to the wider occupational therapy team who number nearly 200 registered staff.

There are opportunities to work flexibly and we are happy to discuss these prior to or at interview.

We welcome OT’s who have a keen interest in Mental Health to apply for the job role.

Under supervision and working alongside experienced OT’s, an OT apprentice and OT support staff, you will develop your skills in a range of occupational therapy assessments, and group interventions.

You will complete comprehensive OT assessments with a focus on developing and maintaining independence during admission to support and facilitate discharge planning. This can be carried out through 1:1 assessments, group work and MDT working.

You will need to be a flexible and versatile practitioner who is committed to lifelong learning in order to deliver to an outstanding service.

Reflective practice and the use of evidence-based interventions will enable you to grow in confidence in this role.

You will be an active and involved member of the multi-disciplinary team with an emphasis on developing integrated and meaningful person centred plans of care.

You will be required to work both in the ward environment but also conduct home assessments to facilitate a safe discharge.

You will be able to develop expertise in a specialism which will enable you to progress your career in Occupational therapy.

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We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zoe Tippetts Job title: Occupational Therapy Lead for Inpatients Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01934 836505