Occupational Therapist South Kensington Community Mental Health

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the South Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with motivation and enthusiasm for working in an adult community mental health role.
The team is based in Nightingale Place, SW10, in between the Kings Road and Fulham Road. There are excellent transport links and the team base is walking distance from Earls Court, Fulham Broadway, West Brompton and South Kensington stations.
The post holder will be a valued member of the team and will offer Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for clients as well as supporting the overall work of the team by providing a named worker role for clients and some team duty cover.
The team consists of medical staff, nurses, social workers, peer support workers, community navigators, arts therapists, employment specialists and psychology staff. There are the Occupational Therapy posts in the team and the post holder will have opportunity to develop and co-facilitate groups as a part of the psychosocial offer for the hub.
This is an excellent opportunity for an OT with some mental health experience to develop further skills within a community setting. The role is full time Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with an option to work one day a week remotely.
To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Adult Community Mental Health hub, providing a high quality service to clients.
To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients under the care of the team.
To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
To provide evidence based group interventions.
To provide a case worker role for a designated number of clients with an occupational focus.
To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
To offer clinical placements to Occupational Therapy Students.
To provide support and supervision to staff as needed.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The team will provide you will a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services.
The team is based at the South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre which also houses other services such as the Home Treatment Team, Psychological therapies, an Eating Disorder Service and an inpatient unity for children and adolescents.
There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in house CPD opportunities. CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.
Please see attached dob description for full details and don’t hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.
Further information about the service can be found on this link:
Kensington and Chelsea South Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk

Please refer the Job description for details