Your responsibilities

as an Occupational Therapist will include :

• Communicating effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers / supporter / family members, stakeholders and agencies
• Providing compassionate and effective leadership to junior staff including support staff and assistants
• Ensuring the delivery of occupational therapy student placements
• Supporting the completion of appraisals / personal development plans with junior staff
• To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways

To be a Successful Occupational Therapist you will need :

What you will get :

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more. Where you will be working :

You will be working at Field House and Apartments, it is an eight bed specialist rehabilitation service for women with a Mental Illness and / or Personality Disorder.

It is a specialist service for women with a Mental Illness and / or Personality Disorder and a history of trauma and / or attachment disorders. The service offers a blended model of rehabilitation that combines a traditional rehabilitation environment with single and dual occupancy apartments, to provide a seamless care pathway for women. You will be working in an environment where there is a strong emphasis on positive risk taking which enables self-reliance and builds trust and self-esteem.

The service focuses on psychological input and provides specialist, evidence based interventions including Trauma focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). There is significant staff expertise in early life trauma and attachment disorder, helping the service user make sense of a trauma history.