Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Bristol
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Specialist Occupational Therapist – Eating Disorders
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the STEPS Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit at Blackberry Hill. STEPS EDU is a welcoming, compassionate 10-bedded specialist unit working closely with community eating disorder services across the South West Provider Collaborative.
As the Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will:
- Undertake comprehensive occupational therapy assessments
- Develop and deliver person-centred interventions
- Contribute to the wider therapeutic programme
- Support meal planning, shopping and cooking skills
- Engage patients in meaningful activity
- Provide vocational support
- Conduct equipment assessments for the ward and home
- Assist with discharge planning
The service is entering an exciting period of transformation, offering opportunities to contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Requirements:
- Significant post-qualification experience
- Confidence in working as an autonomous practitioner
- Strong interest in working with people experiencing eating disorders
- Keen to continue professional development within this specialist field
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Benefits:
- Comprehensive induction
- Ongoing training, management and clinical supervision
- Access to professional networks
Key Responsibilities:
- Evidence-based occupational therapy interventions for individuals
- Liaison with carers and other agencies, including social workers and accommodation providers
- Home assessments for leave and discharge, sensory awareness, and sensory interventions for patients on the unit
- Facilitating and co-facilitating groups with the MDT
- Skills training for staff
- Assessing patients for equipment
- Addressing the physical health needs of patients
- Working with the MDT to determine the best pathway for patients on the unit
- Supporting patients on leave to achieve goals, including managing eating outside of hospital and engaging in activities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About Us:
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.
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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 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million 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.
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Julie Stott
- Job title: Ward Manager
- Email address: julie.stott5@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01173784413
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