Occupational Therapist - Band 5 Developmental post

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a HCPC Registered Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our Discharge to Assess (D2A) team in a Band 5 developmental role based in North Staffordshire.

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist working in a developmental role, you will have to opportunity to be supported by the team to achieve a development framework and following successful completion of preceptorship would provide an opportunity to progress to a Band 6 role within the team.

You will be providing a service for all the (North)Staffordshire Discharge to Assess Beds (D2A); covering Haywood Hospital and D2A care homes. The work is varied and will involve individual caseload work, assessments, planning interventions with service users, duty work, supervision of support worker staff

This is a varied role that will allow you to develop the key skills required for working in a busy team whilst offering supervision and preceptorship to allow you to gradually gain confidence and skills.

Due to the nature of this role, you will be expected to travel independently over a large geographical area within Staffordshire to effectively and efficiently deliver services. Ideally, you will have a valid driving licence and access to a car.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist you will be expected to:

• Demonstrate our Trust set of Behaviours that brings our values to life.
• Have a professional and clinical knowledge of their discipline.
• Promote the philosophy of self-care and the promotion of independence whilst offering rehabilitation and assessment. Specialist rehabilitation services are a highly complex area of the care, and the post holder will act as an autonomous professional
• Be skilled in the assessment of preventative treatment/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of agreed goals. Dependent on level of experience post holders may be expected to support supervision / education of unregistered members of staff and OT students, and to support students from other professions who work in the team.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications