Occupational Therapist - Older Adult Mental Health

Location Norwich
Job type Contract
Salary £25 per hour
Consultant Alex Blackwell
Call +44 7429 448147
Reference 200561

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Norwich, Norfolk

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £25 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

  • Fully online and paperless registration service
  • Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
  • Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
  • £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
  • Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
  • Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Duties of the Occupational Therapist:

  • To oversee and deliver high quality evidence-based practice and embed the Occupational Therapy process within the clinical area.
  • Undertake occupation focused assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of treatment for service users. Utilising additional assessments within the area of clinical specialism.
  • Contribute to and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment and formulation. Providing specialist occupation-based advice and formulation.
  • Participate/lead on developments within the service by using outcome measures and engaging in Quality Improvement projects (both locally and Trust wide).
  • Monitor the practice of junior staff and learners, identifying any learning and development needs in respect of their clinical skills base.
  • Deputise for Therapy/Clinical Leads where appropriate.

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.