Job summary Are you passionate about supporting the Mental Health and wellbeing of young people?Do you enjoy working in a creative way, getting to know young people and working to their unique strengths in helping them overcome barriers to successfully engage in the occupations they choose, need or want to do in everyday life?If you have an interest in working with children, a positive attitude, enthusiasm and good communication skills, we can help you develop clinical skills in this specialist area of practice.We have a full-time position for an Occupational Therapist in our CAMHS eating disorders team, working within a supportive Multi-disciplinary team with close networks to other OT's within Eating disorders and wider CAMHS.The CAMHS Eating Disorders Team is research active and has engaged in some exciting local, national and international research opportunities.You will play a significant role in helping us achieve the team vision of delivering high quality, innovative and effective treatments for young people diagnosed with eating disorders Prior experience of working with eating disorders, mental health and/or child and adolescent mental health is desirable.However, you will be provided the appropriate training and support to be able to carry out this role with success.You will work closely with the pathway lead alongside other senior clinicians in the CAMHS Eating Disorders Team.
Main duties of the job Provide a range of Occupational Therapy assessments and treatment for young people and their Parent/Carers following the OT processUndertake routine and profession specific outcomes measuresLead and support the development of clinical initiatives and quality improvementsCompletion of OT reports, individualised care plans and risk assessmentsProvide consultation to MDT and external services to support the young personClinical supervision of OTs within the servicePractice educator role facilitating students on placement.
About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages.
Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community.
We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment.
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We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
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This will be deducted from salary once started.
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