Occupational Therapist - Mental Health, Band 5/6

Location Oxford
Job type Contract
Salary £21 - 27 per hour
Consultant Ruben Mota
Call +44 7380 319141
Reference 157210

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced Band 5/6 Mental Health Occupational Therapist work based in Oxford.

The pay rate for this locum Occupational Therapist job is £21-£27 per hour (assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Main Duties:
• Triage new referrals into the team, together with relevant colleagues as required, and to manage them with an appropriate level of urgency and responsiveness in relation to the presenting risk.
• Carry out the initial assessments of service users and to undertake intensive short-term treatment where appropriate.
• Manage, formulate and implement treatment plans, delivering care and therapeutic activities and interventions under the CRHT clinical model.
• Evaluate effectiveness whilst working within the framework of CPA and Risk Assessment.
• Assess and manage risk of patients and their families during the acute phase of mental disorder and to escalate concerns about unmanaged risk to clinical and operational leaders as required. Take assertive action to prevent harm to self and others, and actively engage with both child and adult Safeguarding processes.
• Assess, plan, set goals with the service user, carers and families; implement and evaluate care using psycho-social interventions and skills.
• Be responsible for monitoring and evaluating treatment plans, transferring service users to the AMHT / CMHT, other teams within the Trust, or discharging them to Primary Care when appropriate.

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:
• Degree or equivalent within Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist
• Recent post qualifying experience working as an Occupational Therapist

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
• Daily payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive occupational therapy knowledge
• Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
• Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance support
• In house payroll system
• Revalidation
• Industry-leading shift booking system
• Nationwide coverage including the Channel Islands

Contact:
This Band 5/6 Mental Health Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Ruben Mota; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.