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Do you want to work for a company that will value and support you to reach your full potential? If so, join the team as an Occupational Therapist, you will be working 37.5 hours at Farmfield Hospital in Charlwood, near Gatwick Airport. 

With support from the Senior and Lead Occupational Therapist, you will manage a caseload of service users. You will be responsible for planning, evaluating and delivering occupational health to service users with complex mental health needs. 

You will help support a variety of activities and opportunities to engage service users in their care plan. Throughout recovery, it is your responsibility to develop individual rapports with each service user, to encourage their interests and motivations to participate in the activities. 

You will undertake assessments using the Model of Human Occupation (MoHo) framework, whilst being a key player in the implementation and development of evidence-based therapeutic activities to aid mental health recovery. 

Alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide quality and safe interventions, and undertake administrative tasks, including managing documentation, contributing to the CPA process and the upkeep of the occupational therapy equipment and resources. You will contribute to risk assessments, attend ward rounds and CPA meetings where you will feedback on service users’ progress. 

As an Occupational Therapist, you will support therapy assistants ensuring professional lines of accountability and priorities are met and that all policies and procedures are strictly adhered to.

Role – Occupational Therapist

Location – Charlwood, Surrey 

Salary – £40,000

Hours –37.5, Full-Time

Your responsibilities:

• To provide comprehensive initial and continuing OT assessments, according to the agreed model to meet CPA guidelines and OT service delivery agreement.
• To plan and facilitate needs-led, evidence-based individual and group treatment programmes, under the supervision of Senior/Specialist OT.
• To plan and regularly review appropriate OT treatment programmes under the supervision of a Senior Specialist OT.
• To identify and action relevant referrals both in-house, including support staff, and to external agencies, under the supervision of a Senior/Specialist OT.
• To attend and actively contribute to CPA/Case review meetings, working collaboratively with MDT colleagues in the planning and delivery of patientstreatment programme.
• To ensure that professional standards and COT Code of Conduct guidelines are adhered to at all times.
• To ensure that local policies, procedures and protocols are adhered to at all times
• To participate in the planning, evaluation and audit of practices, clinical pathways and protocols in the services
• To respect the individually, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of service sensitive to these needs
• To ensure that contemporaneous, written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and services standards
• To ensure effective communication is maintained with all patients, carers and any staff involved in the patients care.
• To adhere to a timetable of sessions which equates to a minimum of 25 hours per week as per the needs of the service
• To provide timely and up to date ward round and CPA feedback summarising intervention in accordance with MDT schedules

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration. 
• RCOT membership is recommended but not mandatory. 
• Mental health experience (either as a qualified OT or from student placements) is essential. 
• Forensic experience is not mandatory; however, an understanding of the role and expectations is vital.
• Basic knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance
• Understanding of forensic patients’ needs
• Understanding of the CPA process
• Evidence of ability to research, plan, implement and evaluate a project for a specific patient group
• Knowledge of current legislation specific to this clinical environment
• Effective written/verbal communication skills
• Evidence of time management skills
• Evidence of delivering presentations and training to others
• Evidence of coping strategies to deal with confrontation, challenging behaviour and personal stress
• Understanding of issues relating to locked rehabilitation settings and risk management

Where you will be working:

Location: Farmfield Drive, Charlwood, Surrey, RH6 0BN

You will be working at Farmfield Hospital, which is a large purpose-built medium-secure service with good facilities. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will provide care and support for adult men 18+ with a forensic background and enduring mental health illnesses such as personality disorder, substance misuse issues and behaviours that challenge. 

Farmfield is located North West of Gatwick airport near the village of Hookwood, with good transport links by road, bus and train. It is easiest to reach the site by car. 

What you will get:     

• Annual salary 
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing and much more. 

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. 

Each and every employee is valued and supported, as everyone has an important role to play in the success of Elysium. It is only with the dedication, passion and hard work from staff that excellent care programs that truly benefit the service users can be delivered.

With a network of over 70 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.