Band 6 - Occupational Therapist - Early Intervention - Ilford
Location
Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
Are you an empathetic Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in mental health?
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our fantastic NHS client in Ilford, Essex. This vacancy is available to start as soon as possible, offering full-time hours per week with the placement due to end on 15.01.23.
The appointed Occupational Therapist will be care coordinating caseload of EIP clients, supporting with EIP duty. The postholder will be assessing and treating patients on the EIP ward. Applying therapists must have previous experience working in the community with mental health clients and experience in EIP would be great if possible.
Duties will include:
- Care-coordinating
- Attending MDT meetings
- Contribute to the holistic assessment of physical and mental wellbeing needs.
- Assessment and intervention of individual patients needs and progress.
- Treating patients for a range of moderate to complex mental health conditions
- Working with other healthcare professionals
The Successful Candidate should be/have:
- A registered Occupational Therapist with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council)
- They need to have experience of working in mental health due to the complex nature of the patients.
- An understanding of Occupational Therapy process/interventions and can take a “hands on” approach
- Excellent communication and time management skills
- Ability to manage highly demanding clinical presentation
What next?
If you are an Occupational Therapist that has excellent communication and rapport building skills and would like to create a positive change to those with mental health difficulties, we would like to hear from you as soon as possible.
Benefits of locum work:
- Daily payroll
- Variety of work opportunities in NHS and private sectors
- Expand your skill set more quickly
- Flexible hours of work
Why Pulse?
- Online interviews via HireVue
- First class support and advice from our specialist consultant teams
- ipoint – Electronic Timesheet smartphone app
- Assistance with travel and finding accommodation
- Streamlined compliance process, utilising new online technology
- Access to high-quality voluntary training
- £300 Recommend a Friend bonus scheme*
*Terms and conditions
Not for you but know the ideal occupational therapist?
If you are registered with Pulse and recommend a friend to us, you can earn £300 per recommendation once they have worked over 200 hours*.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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