Job summary

The Home Intervention Team ( HIT) offers intensive outreach to young people with a diagnosis of an eating disorder and their families.

Occupational Therapy plays a significant role in helping achieve the team vision of delivering high quality, innovative and effective treatments for young people diagnosed with eating disorders.

Occupational Therapy within the team has been established over the past few years. Regular clinical supervision, profession specific meetings and continuing professional development is provided. As part of the Band 6 role, there will an expectation to support the development of others.Please note that this role requires current HCPC registration.

The goals of the Multidisciplinary team are to prevent admission to inpatient care, facilitate early discharge from inpatient care, support patients with comorbid needs (such as autism and ADHD) and ensure safe and effective monitoring and support of young people who are deemed high risk due to their physical or psychological needs.

We take pride in working together to maintain a supportive and friendly workplace that enables our staff to thrive and influence meaningful change to the lives of the young people and families accessing our service.

Main duties of the job

This role is established within the CAMHS Eating Disorder service and provides Occupational Therapy for young peoples and their families in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Some of the main duties in this role include:

• To work as a specialist clinician to utilise, develop and enhance Occupational Therapy clinical and professional skills within the Service.
• To apply the Occupational Therapy process within a Multi-Disciplinary format providing specialist assessment and treatment in clinical care pathways.

• To deliver a specialist Occupational Therapy Service to patients within a variety of settings, requiring flexibility/adaptability in recognising the complexity of these environments to maximise their abilities and opportunities for occupational wellbeing.
• Hold a caseload of patients who require OT specific interventions, where there are needs in the treatment of eating disorders.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

As we are a Home Intervention team carrying our appointments in peoples homes and hospitals, having your own transport is essential. As part of this role you will be required to hold a valid UK driving license and have access to your own vehicle, which requires business insurance.

We are especially keen to hear from candidates who reflect the diverse communities we serve in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.