Band 6 Clinical Educator - Occupational Therapy

Job summary

As an Occupational Therapy Clinical Educator, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the professional development of our Occupational Teams across BSMHFT.

You will be responsible for enhancing skills and new ways of working, providing expert teaching, training and support to clinical staff, ensuring the highest standards of practice are maintained across the services.

You will work closely with Occupational Therapists from all the clinical directorates: Secure Care and Offender Health, Dementia and Frailty, Specialities, Integrated Community Care and Recovery and Acute and Urgent Care Directorates, and the newly developed Children & Young People.

Main duties of the job

• Support an effective clinical educational environment that supports staff in the delivery of safe, high quality, evidence based mental health care.
• Support the development of programmes of training and education that facilitate the on-going professional development for all levels of the Occupational Therapy workforce.
• Act as an expert resource, demonstrating high standards of clinical expertise in the delivery of Occupational Therapy care.
• Be expected to maintain a high clinical profile working with mental health services to educate and improve knowledge and skills.
• Be highly flexible to support new initiatives, changes to practice and embed evidence-based practice in a wide range of clinical settings.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.