Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist

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89Job Description:Are you looking for new opportunities to further develop your interest and experience in eating disorders, be at the forefront of exciting new developments and making a real difference?
Come join our service-we have a bespoke opportunity which would enable you to utilise your specialist skills as a Band 7 AEDS Occupational Therapist.
We would also consider applicants who have had a minimum of 12 months at experience at Band 6 who feel they would benefit from a developmental framework to progress to Band 7.
Lincolnshire Eating Disorders Services are expanding countywide and are seeking an Occupational Therapist to join us in enhancing community services and improving experiences for service users and their carers.
You will play an essential role in supporting the development and delivery of pathways within the Adult Eating Disorders Service within LPFT and provide specialist treatments for all with a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and/or Atypical Eating Disorders in the community on an outpatient basis across the county. A key part of this role will be supporting the development of the service as part of the mental health community transformation programme.
We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Occupational Therapist who wants to join a well-established and rapidly expanding service. The team is truly multidisciplinary – currently consisting of a Service Manager, Team Manager/Nurse Specialist; Consultant Psychiatrist; Counselling Psychologist; CBT Practitioners, Trainee Advanced Mental Health Practitioner, Nurse Specialist; Dieticians; Community Support Worker, Assistant Practitioner, Peer Support Worker, Psychological Interventions Facilitators and supportive administrative staff.
The Multi-Disciplinary Team as a service provides the latest in evidence based NICE psychological interventions to adults with an eating disorder. The team’s multi-disciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals is a real strength and an Occupational Therapist’s contribution would be a positive addition and much valued.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit to find out more .
The Trust is a great place to work as an Occupational Therapist. You will have access to clinical and professional supervision on a both 1:1 and group basis. Mentoring/coaching is available from the Associate Director of Allied Health Professions or Consultant Occupational Therapist. There is an active network of Allied Health Professionals working across the Trust and county you can join.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme and a wide range of CPD opportunities to enable you to further develop your skills in relation to your role and profession.
Staff wellbeing is important to us. We are open to discussing flexible working patterns which enable you to have a positive work/life balance.
If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact Heather Killick, Team Manager or Charlotte Long, Service Manager on
If you would like to know more about support for Occupational Therapists working in the Trust contact Polly Blaydes – Associate Director of AHPs for an informal discussion.Location: Lincoln