Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
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You will bridge the gap between complex client needs and innovative recovery plans.
We offer a space where you can work autonomously, advocate for your profession, and develop staff—all while evolving your own specialist skill set in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
Role Description
The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi-disciplinary care team, bringing holistic, occupation and recovery focused perspectives to an exciting MDT.
Key Responsibilities
- To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
- To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
- To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
- To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously.
- Managing a caseload of service users who have complex needs.
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About Us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
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Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
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Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Dan Brunetti
Job title: Deputy Head of Allied Health Professionals
Email address: dan.brunetti@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07557958598
Additional Contacts:
Name: Jacqueline Keane
Email address: jacqueline.keane2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01304 216666
Name: Harriet Powolny-Tallent
Email address: Harriet.Powolny@nhs.net
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