Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
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Occupational Therapist Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking qualified Occupational Therapist to join the Furness Home Based Treatment Team based in Barrow. The post will be supported under the supervision of a network Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist. The fully aligned role will involve clinical Occupational Therapy provision working within a multidisciplinary team within the adult acute setting for service users experiencing mental health difficulties requiring home-based treatment.
Role Description
The successful candidate will provide Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to service users to support recovery within home treatment. The successful candidate will also undertake supervision of junior staff and assist in local developments related to the Occupational Therapy services locally and across the footprint of Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. This role requires the successful applicant to be based on-site on a full-time basis. In addition, as the role involves regular home visits across the community, the post holder will be required to travel frequently and must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
The successful candidate will be supported within Occupational Therapy Best Practice Forums and shadowing opportunities will be provided via Occupational Therapists working within other home-based treatment teams within the trust.
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Key Requirements
- Enthusiasm about working within mental health.
- Good time management skills.
- Compassionate approach to others.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience of working successfully within busy environments.
- Substantial experience, special interest, and expertise in Mental Health Occupational Therapy.
Role Responsibilities
The post holder will have a 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 prioritize 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.
Diversity and Inclusion
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognizing 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.
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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.
Flexible Working
LSCFT supports 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.
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Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Philip Bradley
- Job Title: Occupational Therapist
- Email Address: philip.bradley@lscft.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01772 773525
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