Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Location Kent
Job type Contract
Salary £27 - 29 per hour
Reference 168703

Sanctuary Personnel, an award-winning and renowned Recruitment Agency is looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work in East Kent on a full-time basis, within the Primary Care Mental Health Specialist Service.

The pay rate for this locum Occupational Therapist job is £27 - £29 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an ongoing contract.

Duties:

  • Support practice staff in the management of Mental Health conditions in Primary Care
  • Support the effective ‘navigation’ of patients through the various mental health systems and services
  • Ensure that local voluntary sector, health, and social care provision are used effectively
  • Provide assessment, follow up, therapeutic treatment groups and/or depot clinics for patients seen within primary care
  • Support recovery by pro-actively enabling medically stable individuals to move from secondary to primary care
  • Facilitate treatment groups in keeping with NICE guidelines and specific conditions in Primary Care
  • Support Primary Care initiatives which improve the physical health outcomes of those with a long-term
  • Work as Primary Care Mental Health Specialist in a variety of community settings where there is a requirement to make decisions spontaneously, within local policies and guidelines

Requirements of the 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
  • Industry-leading shift booking system
  • Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands

Contact:

This 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.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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 your work placement.