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Are you an experience Occupational Therapist with a passion for supporting young people and their families?

Are you looking for a part time role within a flexible, supportive team who consistently rate their job satisfaction highly?

We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our very well-established All Age Eating Disorders Service based in Maidenhead on a part time (22.5 hours) basis.

You will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care plans, and activities to support young people referred to the Berkshire CYP Eating Disorders Service. 

Our service, covers Berkshire with two community clinics which are community out-patient services that provide evidence-based assessment and treatment for young people under the age of 18 presenting with an eating disorder, including where these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.

We are big on staff development and offer both internal and external training opportunities.

The service operates 9:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday so your hours would fall within this.

Main duties of the job

The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site or via digital media. You will be expected to work with this complex patient group without direct supervision, but reporting to and in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver a high standard of evidence-based care and treatment in order to maximise each young person's individual potential. .    

 This post includes working with families and / or carers in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team and also with community CAMHS, children’s social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues. The Service is an integral part of the wider specialist CAMHs service in Berkshire and is managed alongside and closely linked to the CAMHS Specialist Community Teams.  

Working for our organisation

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
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

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