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Senior Occupational Therapist (Community mental health)

Negotiable Allied Health Professionals Longford

Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist (Adult Mental Health)

Location: Longford

Contract type: 1 year contract, Part time, 28 hours per week.

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking to make a positive contribution to young people and their families with mental health difficulties?

If you are a forward thinking, compassionate and highly experienced Occupational Therapist, looking to join a Community Adult Mental Health team in Longford, this may be the opportunity for you!

Excel Healthcare are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapists to join a Community Mental Health team in Longford.

We are looking for a CORU registered Senior Occupational Therapists with demonstrable skills, enthusiasm and compassion to work with service users who have a range of complex mental health needs and who is focussed on supporting service user to recover.

Role:

The Community Adult Mental Health Occupational Therapist will be an active member of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in the community Team in Longford.

Primary Duties:

  • Be responsible for the maintenance of standards of practice of self and staff appointed to clinical / designated area(s)
  • Be responsible for managing own caseload and for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment programmes for service users according to service standards
  • Participate in the integrated discharge planning process in line with the HSE Code of Practice
  • Be responsible for the day-to-day running of a designated service area(s) by supervising staff, prioritising and allocating work and promoting positive staff morale and team working in conjunction with the Occupational Therapist Manager
  • In conjunction with the Occupational Therapist Manager lead service planning by anticipating the changing needs of the service and service users
  • Foster and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, front line managers, and other healthcare personnel in the team
  • Ensure the quality of documentation of all assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, reports and discharge summaries are in accordance with local service and professional standards
  • Communicate verbally and / or in writing results of assessments, treatment / intervention programmes and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy
  • Participate in teams as appropriate, communicating and working in co-operation with other team members
  • Attend clinics, review meetings, team meetings, case conferences, ward rounds etc. as designated by the Occupational Therapist Manager
  • Ensure that staff in the designated service area(s) arrange and carry out duties in a timely manner, within settings appropriate to service user’s needs, and in line with local policy/guidelines.

To be successful in this role, you will:

  • BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • Hold full CORU registration
  • Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience in mental health
  • One year experience working in adult mental health, preferably.
  • Have experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team (highly desirable)
  • High level of communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
  • IT skills/knowledge appropriate to the role
  • Car owner, full drivers license.

If you are a Senior Occupational Therapist looking to join a friendly, supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

What you need to do now:

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89-9455139

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