Occupational Therapist - Elderly Community Mental Health Practitioner

Location Norfolk
Job type Contract
Salary £25 per hour
Consultant Alex Blackwell
Call +44 7429 448147
Reference 210260

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Kings Lynn

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £25 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

 

  • Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
  • Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
  • Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
  • Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
  • Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
  • Professional Development: Working as a locum provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

 

Duties of the Occupational Therapist:

  • To be accountable for own professional actions.
  • Participate in mental health promotion.
  • Provide the appropriate interventions to patients with mental illness (incorporating NICE Guidelines).
  • Effective personal planning and organisation of daily work load.
  • Practice autonomously in making clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action, managing and providing a high quality of care.
  • Maintain respectful, effective professional interpersonal relationships with others.
  • To attend all mandatory training as required by the Trust and to undertake further training and updating as required to carry out the role.
  • Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, ensuring that practice is patient centred.
  • Promote the involvement of service users and carers in the development of the care pathway.
  • Ensuring that all patients are given full explanation of their care pathway/treatment options and no decision is taken forward without their consent.

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 Alex Blackwell; 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.