Job summary
Are you a registered Occupational Therapist seeking a new challenge?

Oxfordshire's Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) provides patient-centred, intensive, short-term mental health support to people experiencing acute crisis, offering a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission. Care is delivered in people's homes and communities, supporting recovery in the least restrictive environment.

This is a time to join the service as we continue to expand and develop its urgent care offer across Oxfordshire. We are seeking a motivated and compassionate full-time Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused crisis care.

As an Occupational Therapist within CRHTT, you will deliver short-term, intensive, recovery-focused occupational therapy interventions to adults experiencing acute mental health crisis. You will work with individuals and their families in the least restrictive setting possible, supporting engagement in meaningful activity and promoting independence, wellbeing and recovery.

Main duties of the job

• Complete occupational therapy screenings and assessments for service users experiencing acute mental health crisis, identifying occupational performance strengths and difficulties.
• Plan and deliver time-limited, goal-focused occupational therapy interventions in collaboration with service users, using graded activity and evidence-based approaches to support recovery.
• Manage a designated caseload under the supervision of senior occupational therapy colleagues, addressing areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
• Contribute occupational therapy expertise to multidisciplinary assessments, care planning and reviews, ensuring care is delivered in the least restrictive and most supportive way.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families, ensuring their needs, preferences and strengths are reflected in care planning and intervention delivery.
• Use occupational therapy models, including the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), and appropriate standardised and non-standardised assessment tools to inform intervention.

About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered occupational Therapist including registration with HCPC
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Evidence of completion of broad range of clinical placements
• Evidence of working within a multi disciplinary team

Knowledge and Skill

• Working knowledge of clinical record keeping systems and governance
• Evidence of ability to work with complex/challenging patient/families

Personal Qualities

• Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Good Interpersonal skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address: Manzil Way Resource Centre, Manzil Way, Oxford, OX4 1XE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Occupational Therapy Lead
Daphne Dahrendorf
daphne.dahrendorf@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
01865904996