Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company within the private and public sector has a locum role for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist to work full-time in Chelmsford.
The pay rate for this locum Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist job is £24.00 - £25.00 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 4-month contract.
Duties:
- Be responsible as the Care Coordinator for the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence-based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within a defined catchment area/locality
- Provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team
- Act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff
- Be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence-based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group
- Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users, providing effective advice, guidance and decision-making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care
- Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload
- Participating in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy
- Open Compassionate Empowering
- Establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence-based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries
- Deputising and providing appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members
Requirements of the Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist:
- Degree or equivalent within Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist
- Recent NHS experience either pre or post-qualification
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
- An industry-leading shift booking system
- Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands
Contact:
This Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Sebastian Dunbar; 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.
