Job Description
The post holder will provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service to the patients attending the Department of Mental Health in CHI at Temple Street hospital. The post is within the Mental health OT Team attached to the Integrated Therapy Support (ITS) Team operating out-patient HSCP supports to children under the care of a hospital consultant and experiencing psychological/ mental health issues. The OT team also supports in-patients under an MDT model including the disciplines of Psychology, Mental Health Social Work, and Psychiatry and Nursing colleagues. The post holder will provide therapeutic services and liaise closely with the multidisciplinary team of the clinical services that the child is attached to; whilst working within the team structure. The OT will link with multiple medical, surgical and clinical services across CHI and will advocate for the discipline on OT in the design of the future CHI Mental Health model. The post holder will strive to support the development of the mental health occupational therapy services, and be innovative in their approach to develop in-patient and out-patient OT services. The senior therapist will also work within Occupational Therapy department as directed by the OT Manager. Duties will also involve supporting cross cover into acute medical areas as required. The area of cross cover will be dependent on the skillset of the successful candidate. Essential Criteria: Be registered as an Occupational Therapist with CORU with registration number listed on the CV 3 years post-qualification clinical Occupational Therapy experience. Recent and satisfactory experience within the field of mental health. * Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CVs will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter. The closing date for submissions of CVs and cover letter is Wednesday 13th November by 17:00. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on by clicking Apply for Job. Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method. For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Colette Slevin, Occupational Therapist Manager in Charge III (Links Not Allowed) For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact (Links Not Allowed) Skills: CORU registered 3 years post qualification experience in a rele... Experience in the field of mental health