Job summary
This is a part time post working 30 hours per week, working Monday to Friday during standard business hours.

Thanks to additional funding, our Crisis Home Treatment Team is expanding.

We are delighted to offer a new opportunity for a skilled and compassionate Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team. This role will play a vital part in supporting individuals in crisis, helping them regain independence, and promoting recovery in the community.

The Crisis and Home treatment Team (CAHTT) is evolving. We currently provide crisis assessment and home treatment to patients experiencing acute mental health difficulties, ensuring care is delivered in the least restrictive environment. We also work closely with inpatient services to facilitate early, planned discharge.

As an Occupational Therapist within CAHTT, you will carry out assessments and deliver home treatment in a variety of settings, including patients homes in the community and treatment rooms at the Stonebow Unit.

If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a fast-paced, supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
It's a little unpredictable, as you can be called at any time to a crisis situation, we discuss referrals each morning and three times weekly we review our caseload with our consultant psychiatrist.

We complete comprehensive risk assessments for every patient, these can be completed independently although sometimes we discuss more complex patients as a Multi-disciplinary team.

We liaise with families and carers, GPs, community mental health teams, social care teams, community nurses, physiotherapists and voluntary organisations, and anyone who is necessary to maximise recovery.

About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

Person Specification
Skills and Abilities - Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role.

Qualifications - Essential

• Diploma / degree in OT
• Registered OT
• Practice Placement qualification within one year of appointment
• Postgraduate training relevant to mental health
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience - Essential

• Documented evidence of continuing professional development
• Significant post registration experience including experience within mental health
• Minimum 1 year within / related specialty
• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work

Experience - Desirable

• Experience of a range of mental health settings.
• Supervision of junior staff and students
• Leadership and first line management experience

Knowledge - Essential

• Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group.
• Knowledge / experience of audit procedures.
• Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
• Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
• Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application.

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.