Occupational Therapist – Veteran Mental Health

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Lincoln

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £28 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Duties of the Occupational Therapist:

• The post holder will be responsible for assessment and co-ordination of the care of the Veteran and ensuring that they are able to access appropriate treatment from the Mental Health Trust local to them, according to their needs.
• The post holder will enage, assess and co-ordinate the more complex cases that are referred to the service.
• Provide information to the Hub Lead in order that they may assess and challenge the service delivery on behalf of the veterans. This is where services are not being agreed according to the veteran’s mental health agenda across the Midlands and East region.
• Work to improve and promote NHS service provision by actively engaging with the 3rd Sector providers who already have access and are providing support to Veterans across the region.
• Plan, implement and review interventions to meet the veteran’s individual needs and manage their level of risk.
• Keep up to date with current practices, local and national policies and agendas in relation to Veterans mental health.
• Empower people to address specific needs in relation to health and wellbeing and enable individuals to become experts in managing and taking responsibility for their own condition.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of qualified service providers within the local region.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
• Act in an advisory capacity in relation to clinical and professional issues for the team in the absence of the Regional Lead.
• Provide day to day managment and clinical support to the nursing team in the absence of the Regional Lead.

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist
• Recent NHS experience
• Registered with the HCPC

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Alex Blackwell; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapists aswell as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS experience is very desirable for many of our jobs.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.