Job Description

Join Our Team as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in Eating Disorders!



Are you passionate about developing your career as a Specialist Occupational Therapist. Why not come and be a part of our innovative Eating Disorders Service ? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Trust-wide Adult Eating Disorders Service (AEDS). we have lots of exciting devleopmnets ahead.

Position Details:

Location:

Based within ourAdult Eating disorder service at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, and our HQ in Leatherhead

Career Development:

We are committed to supporting your growth and development, we have a comprehensive MDT AEDS academic programme and inhouse occupational therapy CPD programme. We support AHP preceptorship, student placemnets and hold an Annual AHP conference.

Team Environment:

You will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to pioneering innovative approaches to meet the occupational needs of our service users, ensuring high-quality service delivery.



If you are ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you



To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access AEDS services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.



To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies. To contribute to the generic functioning of the team. To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate)



To provide occupational therapy student placements.



To contribute to service development and audits.



Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.



We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.



Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.



Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.



For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.



Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.



Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.



We look forward to receiving your application!



Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.