Occupational Therapist – Care Co-ordinator

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: Kensington

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £28.52 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:

• To undertake holistic assessments of service users utilising risk assessment tools and mental state examination in order to provide a high standard of care to service users in the community.
• To clinically manage a defined caseload of service users with complex mental health problems in a community setting including service users subject to the Care Programme Approach.
• To deliver appropriate therapeutic interventions to service users utilising a range of evidence-based therapies e.g. bereavement counselling, medicine management, anxiety management, relaxation techniques and problem solving techniques.
• To respond to urgent and unplanned clinical events involving service users known to the  CMHT and on own clinical caseload, utilising analytical and problem solving skills to ensure the situation is managed effectively.
• To have an in-depth understanding of mental health pathology to manage service users with complex mental health problems.
• To formulate individualised Recovery Care Plans with service users and their carers that aims to address their psychological, physical, spiritual & social needs.
• To act as Care Co-ordinator to service users on the Care Programme Approach to ensure the appropriate delivery of care is received by this vulnerable client group, whom has complex needs.
• To monitor service users and advise both them and their carers on psychotropic medications, observing efficacy and monitoring any adverse reactions. To report and act on any adverse reaction observed in conjunction with the General Practitioner or Consultant Psychiatrist, as appropriate.
• To regularly attend and participate in CMHT clinical reviews.
• To utilise clinical supervision and reflective practice in the management of own clinical caseload.
• To participate and contribute to regular reviews of own performance through Appraisal and Development Review Process in conjunction with the Mental Health Team Leader. To agree and implement a service and personal development plan.
• To have a sound understanding and knowledge of current legislation and its application to service users with mental health problems e.g. Mental Health Act, Human Rights Act, Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act.

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 Reece Golding; 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.