Senior Occupational Therapist

Fylde Coast Older Adult CMHT is an Older Adults Community Mental Health service based on Central Drive in Blackpool.

We are a 5 day a week service with operating hours from 9am to 5pm.

We are a multidisciplinary team, with close working links with other health departments, social services and voluntary agencies.

Our service users can present with both functional and organic mental health difficulties which are often combined with complex social care and physical health needs.

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 occupational therapist with experience and enthusiasm in working with older people, to join the friendly and supportive Community Mental Health team on the Fylde Coast.

The Band 6 occupational therapist will have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in mental health, and we want to recruit someone who is keen to develop the specialist skills needed in an older adult community mental health team.

There is an expectation that the successful applicant would have some supervision responsibilities to more junior team members.

This is a community\-based post and, as such, the ability to travel across the Fylde Coast including rural areas and those difficult to access via public transport will be required.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under\-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi\-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

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