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Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 28 August 2025

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Job summary

Are you looking for a change in your Occupational Therapy work? Or wanting to step up into an experienced Occupational Therapy role?

The Crisis Resolution and home Treatment Teamare looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join them in the Buckinghamshire's Mental Health Urgent Care pathway. As a senior Occupational Therapist at one of our partner crisis teams you will focus on inpatient liaison, we have one position in each of the teams, in either Aylesbury or High Wycombe.

In 2020, Buckinghamshire's Mental Health Urgent Care pathway developed to include a Crisis Resolution and home Treatment Team. The aim of CRHTT's is to provide patient-centred intensive care and treatment to patients and their families at home as an alternative to hospital admission. Crisis care is a highly specialist intervention and involves supporting our most vulnerable patients and their families in the least restrictive setting possible, by providing a variety of recovery focused psycho-social interventions that enable the person to regain or maintain independence.

Main duties of the job

  • In this role you will evolve to meet the requirements of the NHS Long Term Plan with your full involvement. As the service will be growing and developing over a number of years, you will be expected to actively contribute to the development of interventions.
  • You will hold a varied caseload, including complex and at times highly complex cases, offering time limited, evidence based, focussed Occupational Therapy interventions. These interventions may be stand alone interventions or offered as part of an occupational therapy process that spans CRHTT and inpatient care.
  • You will work in conjunction with inpatient and CMHT Occupational Therapists to deliver seamless transition of interventions between teams where residual/continued assessment or intervention is required.
  • Crisis clinicians work with CMHT Social Workers and the County Council's Older Adult Mental Health Social Work team in delivering responsibilities under the Care Act 2014 with regards the assessment and care planning of Social Care needs.

Please note, the team operates 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM7394032

Job locations

Saffron House or Whiteleaf Centre

Easton Street or Bierton Road

High Wycombe or Aylesbury

HP11 1NH


Job description

Job responsibilities

As well as working in the fast paced crisis team, either in Aylesbury (Whiteleaf centre) or High Wycombe (Saffron House), this role is intended to work alongside our partners in the inpatient unit at the Whiteleaf Centre to support patient flow through the wards by identifying those who, at the earliest opportunity, can be supported at home.

Buckinghamshire CRHTTs are working towards a CRHTT model that has full fidelity to the nationally recognised model. Buckinghamshire CRHTTs have recently completed a transformation project towards fidelity with the nationally recognised Crisis and Home Treatment model. They are also working toward accreditation with HTAS (Royal College of Psychiatry). The Home Treatment Team has close links with the inpatient wards, including inpatient Occupational Therapists, social workers and CMHT.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As well as working in the fast paced crisis team, either in Aylesbury (Whiteleaf centre) or High Wycombe (Saffron House), this role is intended to work alongside our partners in the inpatient unit at the Whiteleaf Centre to support patient flow through the wards by identifying those who, at the earliest opportunity, can be supported at home.

Buckinghamshire CRHTTs are working towards a CRHTT model that has full fidelity to the nationally recognised model. Buckinghamshire CRHTTs have recently completed a transformation project towards fidelity with the nationally recognised Crisis and Home Treatment model. They are also working toward accreditation with HTAS (Royal College of Psychiatry). The Home Treatment Team has close links with the inpatient wards, including inpatient Occupational Therapists, social workers and CMHT.

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.

Person Specification

registration and training

Essential

  • registered Occupational therapist

Desirable

  • teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience range of standardised and non-standardised OT assessments

Desirable

  • evidence of using experience

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • description of personal qualities - flexible, team player, etc
Person Specification

registration and training

Essential

  • registered Occupational therapist

Desirable

  • teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience range of standardised and non-standardised OT assessments

Desirable

  • evidence of using experience

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • description of personal qualities - flexible, team player, etc

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Saffron House or Whiteleaf Centre

Easton Street or Bierton Road

High Wycombe or Aylesbury

HP11 1NH


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Saffron House or Whiteleaf Centre

Easton Street or Bierton Road

High Wycombe or Aylesbury

HP11 1NH


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chiltern Crisis Team Manager

Lisa Schurer

lisa.schurer@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

07717428080

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM7394032

Job locations

Saffron House or Whiteleaf Centre

Easton Street or Bierton Road

High Wycombe or Aylesbury

HP11 1NH


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