Job Description

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking to develop your leadership skills and offer an excellent service to children and young people?



We're looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service team on a full-time basis. With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health, there has never been a better time to join and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances.



As the Mental Health Liaison Lead Practitioner, you will act in a lead role for the liaison service, jointly with a Liaison Lead Practitioner colleague, at the district general hospital in RUH Bath. Alongside Liaison Lead colleagues, you'll participate in the delivery and on-going development of the service. As joint lead, you'll provide daily leadership & clinical support for the Mental Health Liaison Service and ensure a consistent, responsive, high quality and user-friendly service is delivered.



You'll be able to make a meaningful contribution to our service modernisation, ensuring children & young people get the right support from individuals with the right skills.



We offer a full induction, shadowing opportunities, ongoing in-house training, access to external courses, and regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical and safeguarding supervision to support your confidence, competence and development.

You can get to know us here:

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In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments of young people with mental health needs who present to the acute District General Hospital in Bath and supervise and support colleagues in Band 6 roles and support work to assess and plan for care following admission to hospital .



You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, provide supervision for other team members and develop an area of clinical leadership within BANES Community CAMHS



Assessment of deliberate self-harm



Support to patients admitted with an eating disorder



Contribute a psycho-social perspective to patients admitted



Provide day support and consultation to hospital staff where a mental health need is identified



Identify and provide CAMHS training (this may involve other CAMHS colleagues)



Within the team, we work on a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday -Sunday and Bank Holidays. The flexible working patterns allows team members to work hours flexibly and for days off during the week. You will participate in covering the service's 24 hour on call service on a rota basis. There is a robust system of support available from on call colleagues including the manager, consultant psychiatrist and senior manager on call.



Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East 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"



At Oxford Health 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 may apply)



Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team



This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team.



For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact us.