Trosolwg o'r swydd

Are you interested in working in a flexible, forward thinking team? The Occupational Therapy team are looking for a band 4 Occupational Assistant Therapy Practitioner (ATP) to be based at Kingfisher Court, Radlett to support the established OT service. This is an exciting opportunity for an independent and self-sufficient practitioner, who would like to help support people using our services to establish roles and routines, and interests whilst on the wards, as well as help identify occupational need.

We are looking for someone who is excited to become part of our team, who would like to help us take forward developments around trauma informed care, positive behavioural support planning and sensory integration.

There is supervision by the occupational therapists, and an opportunity to apply for the funded OT apprenticeship. 

Please be aware that we do NOT offer sponsorship for this role

Please apply promptly as the vacancy may close early if high numbers of applications are received.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• You will form part of the supportive therapy team, working at Kingfisher Court to provide the OT service alongside a multidisciplinary team including arts therapists, physio, horticultural therapists, psychology.
• You will be supported by an experienced Occupational Therapists and the rest of the team  to carry out specific individual work and facilitate a range of  activity group interventions.
• You will need to be able to work independently with Service Users to support them in developing and expanding their roles and routines. Experience of running groups would be advantageous.
• Regular training opportunities will be available to build your skills in these areas and we encourage people to apply for the Occupational Therapy apprenticeship which is run at the university of Hertfordshire.
• You will be part of a large and well established OT service and also link regularly with peers and other OT staff across the trust.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?