Job Description

At BSMHFT, we are always seeking to improve the way we provide interventions and develop new clinical skills and expertise. We are expanding our Hub OT team in the East of Birmingham and looking for a an experienced mental health OT with a keen interest in recovery orientated approaches and an interest in working within a developing OT team committed to improving our practise and clinical outcomes.



You will work alongside an OT Team committed to offering recovery based care and excited about developing and enhancing your OT assessment and formulation skills. As a team member, you will support in triaging referrals, offer OT assessments, support to referrers and limited intervention within a clinic setting. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrate evidence of post qualification study, and evidence of work with service users and colleagues in a way that reflects our Trust Values by providing committed and high quality care.



Our team of OT staff in CMHTs includes apprentice, Technical Instructors, OT and OT Line Manager. OT staff enjoy good relationships with our multi-disciplinary teams and it is important to us that our OT's are flexible, energetic, have a positive attitude and demonstrate an ability to work autonomously when needed.



The utilisation of job plans, CPD and professional development opportunities are important for our CMHT teams and we have access to CPD and other recognised training and supervision.



Please make arrangements to visit or contact with us if you would like to find out more about this opportunity.



Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.



As an OT service, we are committed to staff wellbeing and career development, provide regular profession and line management supervision, peer support group, CPD opportunities and access space for reflection and complex case discussion.



Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.



For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.



We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Note:

We highly recommend you do not use AI generated tools to complete applications as this will be carefully reviewed as part of our selection process.