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.Main duties of the jobThe 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.About usOxford 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 possibleOur 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

DetailsDate posted08 May 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 5Salaryxc2xa329,970 to xc2xa336,483 a year Per annum/Pro RataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number267-OA7180906Job locationsNeill Unit, Warneford HospitalWarneford LaneOxfordOX3 7JXJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesWe 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. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesWe 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 SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Bsc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Placement experience in mental health

ExperienceEssential

• Experience of working in mental health as an Occupational Therapy student or other
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of working collaboratively with carers to meet both the needs of the carer and the user

Desirable

• Experience working with standardised and non-standardised OT assessments (as student acceptable)
• Groupwork experience (as student acceptable)
• Experience of working independently (as student acceptable)
• Experience of working with other disciplines within a multidisciplinary team (as student acceptable)

KnowledgeEssential

• Understanding of application of the OT process and use of functional assessment and activity analysis
• Experience of the application of an OT model in practice
• Working knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT

Desirable

• Working knowledge of standardised assessment and outcome measures appropriate to area of practice

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Bsc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Placement experience in mental health

ExperienceEssential

• Experience of working in mental health as an Occupational Therapy student or other
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of working collaboratively with carers to meet both the needs of the carer and the user

Desirable

• Experience working with standardised and non-standardised OT assessments (as student acceptable)
• Groupwork experience (as student acceptable)
• Experience of working independently (as student acceptable)
• Experience of working with other disciplines within a multidisciplinary team (as student acceptable)

KnowledgeEssential

• Understanding of application of the OT process and use of functional assessment and activity analysis
• Experience of the application of an OT model in practice
• Working knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT

Desirable

• Working knowledge of standardised assessment and outcome measures appropriate to area of practice

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