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    Occupational Therapist - Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom - Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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    Occupational Therapist - Community Rehabilitation

    Job overview
    The Community Rehabilitation Service provides a flexible range of mental health interventions to help clients complex mental health needs to manage their mental health more effectively and remain in their own homes. The team works in close partnership with Social Care and housing providers to ensure each client has the necessary resources available to enable them to engage in their rehab journey. Across the Community Rehabilitation teams, the clinical team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Nurses, and VCSE Workers.
    We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our new West Kent Community Rehabilitation Service.
    Individuals will be expected to ensure the team is able provide input between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00 according to the needs of the service, including working some evenings, weekends and public holidays.

    Main duties of the job
    To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the rehabilitation service.
    To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate rehabilitation interventions for service users.
    To manage a defined caseload of service users with rehabilitation needs that is service user centred, offers hope and adopts Nice Guidance for rehabilitation to promote recovery, better mental and physical health, relapse prevention and skill development. Working for our organisation
    Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
    We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
    The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
    You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
    The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
    Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role. Person specification Training, Qualifications and Registration Essential criteria
    • Qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist with Health and Care Professions Council.
    Experience Essential criteria
    • Experience of (either through previous employment or student placements) of people with mental health problems.
    • Experience of (either through previous employment or student placements) of working with individuals and groups.
    • Experience of applying the OT process.
    Desirable criteria
    • Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
    Knowledge and Skills Essential criteria
    • Computer literate
    • Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
    • Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
    • Basic factual knowledge of the importance of enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them in being well in life.
    Other Essential criteria
    • To be aware and demonstrate the Trust values.
    • To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area.
    KMPT Staff Benefits:
    NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
    Please see Apply . Apply for more details.
    Annual leave for Agenda for Change On appointment to NHS
    27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
    After 5 years NHS service
    29 days full time or pro rata if part time
    After 10 years NHS service
    33 days full time or pro rata if part time
    Plus bank holidays, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off
    Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
    Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
    Recommend a friend campaign If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,
    Flexible working Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
    Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave Dependant on length of NHS service
    Other paid/unpaid leave This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
    Non paid leave for career breaks
    Staff Support KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.
    NHS discounts and shopping vouchers Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
    Learning and Development opportunities In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
    Induction
    KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
    The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT's subject specialists and include the required training.
    The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
    New starter bonus At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
    Staff Network Forums A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
    Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme The list goes on
    Probation Period . New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six month probationary period.
    To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of

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