Job summary
We are recruiting a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join a newly established Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) within the Mid and North Hampshire Division.

This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or early-career OT to develop skills within a specialist community mental health rehabilitation service, supporting adults with complex needs to build independence, develop daily living skills and sustain recovery in the community.

You will hold a defined caseload, deliver person-centred, recovery-focused interventions, working alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team.

The focus of the service is on functional recovery, supporting people to develop the skills needed for independent living, including self-care, social participation and meaningful activity.

The team operates using an assertive outreach model, delivering flexible, community-based care within people's homes and local environments.

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will:

• Provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention for individuals with complex needs
• Support delivery of goal-based rehabilitation plans focused on independence
• Deliver both individual and group interventions to improve occupational performance
• Work closely with senior clinicians to develop skills in clinical reasoning and risk management
• Contribute to multidisciplinary care planning and reviews
• Support service users to access community resources, education and meaningful activity

This is a part time role for 30 hours per week

Main duties of the job
The post holder will:

• Manage a caseload of service users with complex rehabilitation needs
• Complete occupational therapy assessments, care planning and interventions in community settings
• Deliver practical, skills-based interventions to support daily living (e.g. self-care, routines, budgeting, community access)
• Build therapeutic relationships to engage individuals who may be unmotivated or difficult to engage
• Develop and deliver group-based rehabilitation programmes
• Contribute to risk assessment and safe, recovery-focused care
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and external partners
• Maintain accurate clinical records and reports
• Supervise Occupational Therapy assistant

Key skills required:

• Ability to apply the Occupational Therapy process in mental health
• Strong communication and engagement skills
• Ability to work independently while seeking support appropriately
• Good time management and prioritisation skills
• Understanding of risk, safeguarding and recovery-based practice

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications
Essential

• Degree level or higher in Occupational Therapy.
• Health and Care Professions Council registration.

Desirable

• Practice educator training or willingness to develop

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).