Job overview Ward S is a specialist inptaient unit caring for those suffering from severe eating disorders.
As a senior member of the multi-disciplinary team, you will work directly with service users, carers and families to help manage their eating disorder and make positive changes to improve quality of life.The successful candidate will join an experienced and dedicated team of practitioners to promote and implement the role of occupational therapy within the service.
The lead role is essential to ensure the provision of quality occupational therapy interventions including sensory and enabling approaches.
Main duties of the job The post holder will have proven clinical skills in working with service users with complex mental and phsyical needs.
They will be responsible for day-to-day delivery of OT within ward S, including the management and supervison of band Occupational Therapy Assistants.
The role requires excellent planning and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise effectively.The post holder will lead on maintaining effectiveness ensuring that high quality practice is delivered that produces meaningful and demonstrable outcomes, based on best evidence and identifying opportunities for development.The role will have the opportunity to attend an OT mental health strategy forum and OT Leads meeting and receive professional supervision from a directorate AHP Lead.
Working for our organisation Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community.
These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.