Senior Occupational Therapist - Northern Ireland
Senior Occupational Therapist - Northern Ireland
Based at our hub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2LD
Status: Permanent
Salary: Band 6, £37,057 - £44,761, per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
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Are you passionate about Occupational Therapy?
Are you a dynamic, professional, enthusiastic Occupational Therapist, with a passion for working in a trauma service? Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy Team as a permanent staff member. This role provides the opportunity to work autonomously as a valued member of an interdisciplinary team and be part of a National Occupational Therapy service.
We provide a comprehensive Induction, Individual and Peer supervision, protected CPD time and Reflective Practice.
About Us:
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we’ve been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.
About the role:
This role provides the opportunity to deliver occupational therapy in its truest form utilising unique occupational therapy interventions focused on rebuilding veterans’ lives.
As an Occupational Therapist in the team you will be responsible for empowering veterans to engage fully in meaningful occupations that matters to them and support their participation in life situations. Interventions will be based on enabling them to make choices, building resilience and include the use of coping strategies based on sensory interventions. This will be done through assessment and completion of occupational case formulation to guide treatment and delivered through individual and groupwork interventions.
As a member of the team, you will:
- Be part of a unique and cutting-edge service that is truly interdisciplinary and influence occupational therapy input with this unique client group.
- Add to the research and evidence-base of the effectiveness and impact of occupational therapy with veterans.
- Receive training in sensory-informed treatment for trauma as well as occupational case formulation.
This is an exciting time to be joining us and a superb opportunity to work in a specialist trauma service and in the rewarding field of veterans’ mental health. We offer accessible and cutting-edge services, with veterans accessing treatment in-person in hub-based outpatient settings, as well as online. This role offers opportunity for hybrid working.
We are a passionate workforce committed to working with veterans and their families to achieve the best outcomes for recovery. Hear what it is like to work at Combat Stress from our team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvTn5dwAZ5A
This role is subject to a Access NI check.
As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
What we offer:
You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.
Benefits:
• 27 days paid holiday plus bank holidays. After 5 years continuous service, this will increase to 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and after 10 years continuous service, this will increase to 33 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary
• Discount shopping vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• Death in Service Scheme
Plus many more.
How to apply:
To apply, send an up to date CV and covering letter to recruitmentnorth@combatstress.org.uk
For further information about the role please contact Joladni du Preez, Head of Occupational Therpy on jolandi.dupreez@combatstress.org.uk
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Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants
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