Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Bristol

Job overview

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

You will be joining a small and supportive team of occupational therapists working on the inpatient older adult ward of Aspen who support adults with function mental health conditions. The team consists of OT's and OT support staff who work alongside physiotherapists, arts psychotherapists, psychology staff as well as the wider nursing and medical team, providing specialist assessments and interventions, supporting patients in their recovery and community discharge.

You will develop your practice in working with older adults using a range of specialist assessments and practice models such as ACLs, VdT MOCA & sensory profiles as well as contributing to the group programme alongside colleagues.

Callington Road Hospital provides a range of ward services and you will have the opportunity to share practice, supervision and resources with a large occupational therapy team on site as well as the later life services in South Gloucestershire including the South Glos Later Life Therapies Team.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve carrying a caseload, assessing and providing treatment plans for older adults with functional mental illness, and working as part of the multi-disciplinary team in assessing and planning needs on discharge from hospital, to support occupation, recovery and safety in the community. The South Gloucestershire inpatient team work alongside the Bristol Therapies services to provide a programme of therapeutic interventions.

We regularly offer fieldwork placements to occupational therapy students from Bristol UWE and there will be an opportunity to participate in our well-established CPD programme. Regular training and development is actively encouraged to provide a forward thinking and high quality service.

Working for our organisation

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying documents for key local information and job specification for this role. You are welcome to speak to a member of the team for more information- see below.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria

• Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• HCPC Registered

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
• Demonstrable IT, numeracy and literacy skills

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements
• Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.

Desirable criteria

• Work experience in the relevant area (older adult mental health), or relevant transferable skills.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Experience of Occupational therapy specific assessment skills for client group and willingness to undertake ongoing post graduate training.
• Interest in working and engaging with client group and working closely with families and carers

Desirable criteria

• Experience of running and delivering groups relevant to setting

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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