24 Oct
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Newbury
Interview will be held on 2nd Dec 2024
Are you a newly qualified OT looking for a developmental role to support your progression into a Band 6 position? Would you like to work for one of the few trusts rated as “Outstanding” by the CQC?
We excited to advertise that we have a new Developmental Occupational Therapist role here in the Newbury Learning Disabilities Team.
As a Developmental Occupational Therapist, we will support you to complete the band 5 competency framework within an agreed timescale to progress to a band 6 role within 12-18 months.
In the role you willbe responsible fora caseload of service users with complex needs,
helping them to improve their confidence in day-to-day activities and therefor enabling them to function in their own homes and the community. You will also provide specialist assessments of occupational performance followed by planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based client centred intervention.
This position isfor 32.5 hours per week, and we can offerflexible working within this as well as having some room for home working dependent on service need.
Primarily you will support the Newbury CTPLD team, however there may be occasions when you willbe requiredto provide trust wide cover.
If you have not yet received your registration but are keen to find out more about the role, please still apply as we would love to hear from you!
• Providing Occupational Therapy input for the Newbury Community Learning Disabilities Team
• Developing good working relationships with Adult Social Care, helping to provide the smooth provision of assistive technology
• Carry a complex, diverse caseload of people with learning disabilities under supervision of senior colleagues
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of the team
• Devise Occupational Therapy treatment plans and goals in collaboration with the service user, relative, carers and the interdisciplinary team
• Communicate effectively, share information appropriately and work collaboratively with the team, families, and other outside agencies
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.
We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team setting
• Full UK driving license with access to vehicle
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:
Anne Bosland-Wade on 07890620473 or0118 904 7162 oremail: [email protected] ’llbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024
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