Senior Occupational Therapist Band 6 - Birmingham

St Andrew’s is one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist health care for men, women and young people with mental disorders and acquired brain injury. St Andrew’s Birmingham offers a variety of medium, enhanced low and low secure services to adults requiring mental health care and ASD services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our established Occupational Therapy Team to work within our Birmingham Hospital.

For this post, clinical responsibilities will include the administering of standardised assessments and outcome measures, together with planning and implementing a wide range of individual and group interventions. A working understanding of The Model of Human Occupation or Model of Creative Abilities would be an advantage. You will be expected to provide supervision for junior staff including Band 5 OTs, TIs and OT Students and contribute to the maintenance and development of the Birmingham OT service.

In return the successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a great team working in a rewarding environment at Stirchley, Birmingham, attend relevant training opportunities and engage in on-going CPD.

For an informal discussion please contact Vicky Hitch, Lead Occupational Therapist or Gosia Rospond, Senior OT on /2108

Unless specifically commissioned in advance, St Andrew’s will not consider applications submitted by or through agencies.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 13th January 2015.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21st January 2015.

St Andrew’s is the UK’s largest mental healthcare charity. We offer specialist secure services for men, women, adolescents and older people across mental health, learning disability, brain injury and degenerative disorders such as Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s. Putting Service Users’ needs at the heart of everything we do, we have built an innovative culture of clinical expertise.
All positions within St Andrew’s are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check

Our benefits include:

Group Personal Pension Scheme
Free Car Parking
Childcare Vouchers
Perkz – Retail Discount Scheme

St Andrew’s Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer.

Applying via this website will take you to the vacancy on the St Andrew's website. You will need to complete our online application form and attach your CV in order to be considered for this role.