Location: Torquay, TQ2 7AA
Salary: £24937.00 to £26598.00
Date posted: 11th July 2025
Closing date: 1st August 2025
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Job Description:
We are searching for a 37.5 (full time) hours per week Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant to join us on Beech Ward based in Torquay, Torbay Hospital. Beech ward is a 16 bedded inpatient Mental Health Ward that supports primarily older adults with functional mental health difficulties.
At Beech Ward, we pride ourselves on being a dedicated, passionate and skilled team, driven by the motivation to improve the lives and mental health of older adults.
"Team support is outstanding." - Ruth, Staff Nurse on Beech
"We are a caring and compassionate team." - Hannah, Discharge Facilitator
"Staff go beyond the call of duty." - A service user.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team in a service that has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC. Working alongside a Band 5 and Band 6 Senior OT, and within the MDT, you will ensure that service users receive a high standard of person-centred care which enables them to recover in a timely way.
Main duties of the job
The team aims to provide a recovery focused Occupational Therapy service to support people to re-engage with their lives.
Working as part of the Beech Team for older adults who have a mental health illness who require an acute and inpatient admission, the post holder will support and assist the qualified OT. The post holder will plan and facilitate therapeutic activities on and off the ward according to patients needs, within the framework laid down by the supervising OT. The post holder may also carry out individual interventions in the community and in peoples homes, as directed by qualified staff.
The post holder will contribute towards the development of an innovative and needs led OT service as part of the Beech Team.
The post holder may be required to work across sites on our sister units when clinical need arises to support the fellow teams in service delivery.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Contact information:
Ward Manager
Abigail Spragg
01803396580
