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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
About
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) operates services in 200 locations across Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.
Our Trust headquarters, Woodfield House, is based on the Tickhill Road Hospital site in Balby, Doncaster.
We employ over 4,000 staff and have more than 200 committed volunteers.
The Trust has diversified from mental health and learning disability services to include community services, such as district nursing and health visitors, and around 115,000 people now access our services each year.
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Senior Occupational Therapist Adult Community Mental Health
Closed for applications on: 25-Jun-2025 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 25-Jun-2025 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Great Oaks
- Address
- Ashby High Street, Ashby,
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- Postcode
- DN16 2JX
- Major / Minor Region
- South Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Allied Health Professions, Occupational Therapy
Job overview
Are you looking for a new role utilising your Occupational Therapist skills within the community Mental Health teams? We are seeking 2 enthusiastic band 6 Occupational Therapists , full time or part time opportunities available to join the Community Rehabilitation Team in North Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe
The core hours are 37.5 per week, 7 days a week – flexibility of the daily hours can be agreed.
We have an exciting opportunity to join a new mental health community rehabilitation service for people living in North Lincolnshire and we are looking for enthusiastic and innovative professionals to help us embed this new 7-day service. The service will enable people to receive an intensive community rehabilitation service closer to home in their own community. We are transforming with the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) for Mental Health at the heart of our innovations.
The community rehabilitation service will consist of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency workforce, working collaboratively between Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) and North Lincolnshire Council to share skills and specialisms to support individuals and improve their quality of life.
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MAIN DUTIES
· To work within an occupational therapy mental health pathway aimed at supporting people to achieve their recovery goals/ functional stability
· To carry out assessments and interventions, utilising the OT process, from initial assessment to discharge planning and evaluation. Develop clinical formulation and apply clinical reasoning.
· To undertake risk assessments; document, report and act on identified concerns.
· Treat, monitor, develop each individuals OT programme, measure outcomes and discharge appropriately.
· To use MOHO as a core framework for practice (including MOHO based standardised assessments and formulations for pre-post therapy outcome measures and patient-centred goal planning)
· Educate, guide and supervise patient as individuals or in groups.
· Educate carers on the support and management of the patients needs.
· Negotiate, agree expectations and set appropriate, realistic and individualised therapy goals in partnership with the patients, carer and colleagues.
· Participate in multidisciplinary case review meetings to discuss progress and to plan treatment and safe discharge.
· Refer to other agencies as appropriate.
· Communicate complex, sensitive, distressing and contentious information effectively and compassionately with patient, carers, and staff in the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies.
Working for our organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Practice Placement Educator Qualification
- HCPC Registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate demonstrable post registration experience with demonstrable experience at senior level in mental health services for adults
- Supervisory responsibility for staff.
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of research and audit procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of a range of mental health settings
knowlege and Skills
Essential criteria
- Extensive demonstrable clinical experience including individual and group work.
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships.
- Problem solving abilities.
- Supervisory/appraisal skills.
- Leadership skills
- Training and facilitation skills.
- Computer Literacy
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group.
- Understanding and of occupational therapy outcome measures.
- Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nomalanga Makhanda
- Job title
- Deputy Chief AHP & Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
No longer accepting applications
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