Occupational Therapist

Cove Ward is a 15 bedded unit with a multi-disciplinary team providing support to a wide range of patient with mental illnesses on the road to their recovery. It provides an innovative opportunity to support our patients to receive high quality care and remain close to home.

We are currently seeking a Band 5 occupational therapist who is passionate about working with people admitted to the ward to support their transition to home, helping them develop satisfying roles and routines in their local community.

Cove Ward will provide care, treatment and support to any person experiencing mental illness and need admission. Some people may also present with physical and cognitive impairments. This post-holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions to maintain and restore patients’ roles, routines and skills that are disrupted by their illness. They will contribute a specific occupational therapy perspective to planning and facilitating discharge; working with the local Home Treatment Team, community mental health services and other organisations to facilitate discharge and prevent future admissions is a key part of the role. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate how they would provide an innovative, creative and evidenced based service model within this environment.

You could be part of this multi-disciplinary team, working to bring innovative, quality solutions to support people with mental health conditions. This role also comprises part of the ward leadership team, with an intrinsic role in the ongoing evaluation and development of the service. Additionally, the in-patient occupational therapy service has a monthly best practice meeting which supports service innovation and evidence-based practice. There will be regular supervision with the professional lead occupational therapist and opportunities for CPD.

Whether you’re already living in Cornwall or looking to relocate, you could take the next step in your career and benefit from living in a beautiful part of the country whilst making a real difference to patients. We are proud of our innovative and patient safety focused culture.

To achieve our Trust objectives, we prioritise the development of our staff. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare vouchers

The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination during the recruitment process. Vaccination will be a condition of employment unless an exemption applies.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.