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Job Title: Staff grade Occupational Therapist, Community Mental Health
Location: Tallaght, Ballyfermot, Crumlin, and Clondalkin, Dublin
Contract Type: 6 -12 month agency contract (Full-Time, 35 hours per week) – Likely to be extended
Salary: HSE Aligned Pay Scales for a Staff grade Occupational Therapist

Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Staff grade Occupational Therapist on behalf of a HSE Community Mental Health team, who provide vital services to a population of over 300,000 people across four Community Mental Health Teams located in Tallaght, Ballyfermot, Crumlin, and Clondalkin.

These expert teams deliver a range of specialist and recovery-focused services, including:

• Adult ADHD Team
• Eating Disorders Team
• Rehabilitation Team
• Specialist Psychosis Unit
• General Adult Community Mental Health Teams

Role Purpose

The successful candidate will deliver high-quality Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention as part of a multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team, delivering high-quality Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to adults experiencing mental health difficulties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and review of treatment / intervention programmes for service users according to service standards.
• Manage own caseload in accordance with the needs of the post.
• Collaborate with service users, family, carers and other staff in treatment / intervention planning and in the provision of support and advice.
• Plan discharge or transition of the service user between services as appropriate
• Document all assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, reports and discharge summaries in accordance with local service and professional standards.
• Communicate verbally and / or in writing results of assessments, treatment / intervention programmes and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy.
• Attend clinics, review meetings, team meetings, case conferences, ward rounds etc. as designated by Senior Occupational Therapist / Occupational Therapist Manager.
• Maintain quality standards of practice and participate in quality assurance and clinical audit as appropriate.
• Maintain professional standards in relation to confidentiality, ethics and legislation.

Essential Requirements:

• BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy
• Full CORU registration
• Previous experience working in mental health (desirable)
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and organisational skills
• A collaborative, recovery oriented, and person centred approach.
• Excellent clinical reasoning, communication, and documentation skills
• HSE mandatory training (or willingness to complete before starting).

Next steps:

For more information please reach out confidentially, to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 9455139