Senior Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Suffolk Forensic Community Mental Health Team. The successful candidate will be joining a highly motivated multidisciplinary team to support service users who are under forensic mental health services. We support service users aged 18+ and support them on their transition from inpatient forensic services to the community.

The team is based at Cedar House at the Old St Clements Hospital site in Ipswich and as a community post, all staff members are required to travel around the county on a daily basis to meet the needs of the service.

If you have experience of working with people who live with mental health difficulties we would love to hear from you. Applications will only be accepted from candidates who have completed their preceptorship .

Main duties of the job

The Forensic Community Mental Health Team provide support to our service users helping them with the transition to living life in the community. As a team we aim to get people out of hospital sooner, gain stability in the community and prevent the need for further readmissions to hospital.

The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment.

• To work flexibly across the week according to service user needs and priorities.
• Working times from 08:00 - 20:00 with need for some hours on weekends according to service user need.
• Support and advice to other health care professionals.
• Daily independent travel across the County.
• To support aspects of servicedevelopment.
• Maintaining positive relations with external agencies including MAPPA, MOJ and Police services.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant University students.

The post holder must be able to travel independently across the county and be required to engage with the wider multi-disciplinary team. Trust wide mandatory and statutory training is also required for the role. The successful candidates must have experience as an Occupational Therapist and knowledge of Occupational Therapy input into risk assessment & risk management. The role involves supporting service users with complex mental health needs and a forensic/offending history.

Job description

The successful post holder will be supported with regular supervision, a yearly appraisal and CPD opportunities including in-house training, peer support sessions, and ongoing learning opportunities. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.