We are searching for a motivated and innovative Occupational Therapist to work within our inpatient services in Lakeside Mental Health Unit. Join us, and you will play a central role within committed and dynamic teams that are passionate about making a difference in people's lives.
This is an incredible opportunity to establish a career with West London NHS Trust, one of the country's most exciting and progressive mental health providers. You will be supported with dedicated supervision and encouraged to develop your clinical competencies within a stimulating learning environment.
You will become part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, using your skills and experience to help define and deliver interventions to people on one of our wards that helps them on their road to recovery. We believe that with our help, people can improve their mental health, recover independence, and return to their local community.
We will encourage and help you to learn, develop, and grow in this role. This role is also suitable for an experienced Band 5 who is keen to develop into a Band 6 as we offer developmental opportunities.
To provide a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users with complex needs, within the local services, working with multi-disciplinary team members and the occupational therapy team.
To actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance. To use evidence-based principles to apply clinical skills and reasoning in occupational therapy, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, and evaluation which include individual and group-oriented approaches. To be a resource for the team, providing occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service. To provide leadership and take responsibility for the direct supervision of less clinically experienced staff, support staff, and students, including conducting Performance Development Review (PDR) as appropriate.
We have no preconceptions about the people we employ. What matters to us is your passion, commitment, and determination to succeed and being able to demonstrate you share our Trust values.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health, physical healthcare, and community services commissioned locally and nationally. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of only three high secure hospitals in the country and one of the highest profile mental healthcare settings in the world.
In recent years, there has been a trust-wide step change in culture, performance, and ambition. The Trust is now rated as ‘Good’ overall by the CQC, and the rating for our Forensic services has improved from ‘Requires improvement’ to ‘Outstanding’.
To ensure that the professional standards and ethics as set out by the College of Occupational Therapists (COT) and Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) are adhered to at all times.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
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