Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Imagine having the Peak district as your "office"

We are an experienced, knowledgeable and welcoming team and we are looking for an empathetic Band 6 Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in mental health to join us in Bakewell to work in the rural community.

Here's what the team think:

• Working in the peaks appealed due to it being such a pleasant locality to work, away from the difficulties of a large city/town and always being a pleasant commute
• DHCFT has a good reputation I liked the job description Teamwork in the community Working in Bakewell
• Good teamwork and support!
• Open culture. Friendly and supportive.
• Great team spirit and work ethic.
• Opportunities for training are good. locality is perfect and helps with stress levels due to be a rural area.
• Its supportive. You feel encouraged and valued. The work is varied. You feel respected and listened to. It's a beautiful area.
• Most supportive and lovely team I have ever worked with, I enjoy coming into work! I feel lucky driving around the peak district and having easy access to this for walks/runs after work.
• The job itself, teamworking, enthusiastic, passionate colleagues, working in HP & Dales.

We are a 7 day a week service working 9 - 5. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working day arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

This post is for 0.60 FTE, 22.5 hours / week.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be working within a community older adult crisis mental health service, providing specialist assessment and treatment to service users with a range of mental health conditions.

In this role you will assess, implement and develop an OT treatment programme according to the person's diagnosis and identified needs.

You will be able to manage a diverse caseload and work closely with the multi-disciplinary team, giving you the opportunity to work with CPNs, Psychiatrists, Psychologists and other disciplines within the team.

You will be involved in service development and quality improvement projects as we develop OT pathways across the organisation, build links with our partnership organisations in the community.

You will be part of the wider Occupational Therapy Community in Derbyshire Healthcare, contributing to CPD events, practice development opportunities and workforce development.

You will be involved in recruitment of staff and the development of our support staff.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the Trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities