Job Description

Are you an occupational therapist committed to working in mental health and keen to use your professional skills to support individuals' recovery?



Are you interested in being involved in service innovation and part of bringing change to local mental health delivery?



Oxford City + NE Adult mental health team are leading the way locally with a team of occupational therapists and experienced support staff providing mental health reablement. This team provide short, intensive, activation focussed interventions to support service users to increase, reconnect to, or initiate activities of meaning to support recovery from a period of mental health distress.



The team is embedded in the AMHT working alongside the core delivery led key workers, team managers, psychology delivery and the medical team to support service user recovery.



Part of the role is collecting evidence to support the local evaluation of the reablement model using a combination of patient reported outcome measures, wellbeing scales and occupational therapy assessments. You will contribute to collecting the evidence for the value of embedding this model within our local delivery alongside providing wider evidence for the effectiveness of occupational therapists in community mental health.



The Band 5 Reablement Occupational Therapist will (with the support and supervision of Band 6 member of the team)



provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment interventions



to carry a caseload as a member of the MDT



develop the occupational therapy service provision within the setting.



Whether you are a newly qualified occupational therapist looking to step in to mental health or an experienced band 5 looking for move in to the community or a role that uses more profession specific skills, this is the role for you! This small team work closely together to support peoples to increase their occupational engagement and mental health recovery. With support and supervision you will be able to develop skills working individually with service uses, leading groups and completing Occupational Therapy assessments.



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



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.