We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and enthusiastic Occupational therapist to join our leadership team at DGSCMHT.
You will provide clinical leadership on our care pathways within Mental health together + pathways
This will be achieved by providing supervision andspecialist mental health advice and education to staff within the team. and offer clinical sessions offering short-term interventions based on psychological informed evidence based therapies and offer professional advice to client/patients and their carers, other professionals/ partners.
Being a key member of the leadership team you will support clinicians to provide timely and evidence based interventions.
Providing expertise in occupational therapy assessments/interventions and provide OT specialist support to the team (OT's and trainee OT's)
Developing working relationships with partner agencies and teams to ensure seamless progress of patients through the care pathways.
Supporting the leadership team in reviewing care across the services
Please see JD for more details
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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
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.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Please see Job description and personal specification for full details of duties and responsibilities
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024
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