The Senior Occupational Therapist sits within the Suffolk Forensic Community Mental Health Team, based at Cedar House on the Old St Clements Hospital site. The work centres on helping adults aged 18 and over move from inpatient forensic care into community living, with direct care, risk assessment and multiagency liaison. It is a community post with daily travel across the county and shifts from 08:00 to 20:00, some at weekends. Only candidates who have completed their preceptorship will be considered.
What the job involves
- Plan and deliver direct patient care with appropriate supervision
- Support service users moving from inpatient forensic services to the community
- Provide input into risk assessment and risk management
- Work flexibly across the week to meet service user needs, including some weekends
- Give support and advice to other healthcare professionals
- Maintain positive relations with external agencies including MAPPA, MOJ and police
- Travel independently across the county daily
- Engage with the wider multidisciplinary team
- Support aspects of service development
- Provide a suitable learning environment for university students
- Complete trust-wide mandatory and statutory training
What’s required
Qualifications
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
Registration & licences
Experience
- Post-registration experience in mental health
- Experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Completed preceptorship
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to deliver OT assessment and treatment with the designated client group
- Ability to work under pressure, manage own caseload and prioritise
- Knowledge of OT input into risk assessment and risk management
Other
- Ability to travel independently
Nice to have
- Experience supervising students or staff
What’s offered
- Regular supervision
- Yearly appraisal
- CPD opportunities including in-house training
- Peer support sessions
- Ongoing learning opportunities
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