Occupational Therapist Psychiatry

You will play an important role in the multidisciplinary team of the Soma & Psyche outpatient clinic. This team investigates and treats people with complex Persistent Somatic Complaints (ALK).

In consultation with the patient and the multidisciplinary treatment team, you will implement occupational therapy interventions that align with what the patient finds important. The goal is mental recovery and (re)taking control of one's own daily life.

Important themes in your work include:

• finding a healthy balance between load and recovery;
• building up activities, daily structure, and independence;
• regulation of sensory processing;
• social participation/work;
• teaching compensation strategies.

In doing so, you always look at the context of the social system/environment, work, and leisure time.

You offer both individual and (preparation for) group treatments. You also connect your interventions with other forms of treatment, such as Learning through Body-Oriented Mentalization (LMBT), acceptance and commitment therapy, schema therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychomotor therapy, and pharmacotherapy.

What do you bring?

• You have completed a higher professional education (HBO) degree in Occupational Therapy and are registered in the quality register.
• Knowledge of and work experience within mental healthcare (ggz) and with the mentioned forms of treatment are a plus.

The position of occupational therapist is new within this team. There is much enthusiasm to shape this position together with you. You have a warm heart for the outpatient clinic's target group and enjoy pioneering. You are a driven team player, like to take initiative, and get energy from working in a team that is in the middle of a change process.

The issues are often complex. To help you find your way effectively, we offer guidance and training. Experience is therefore not a strict requirement. However, you have an interest in working in an environment that, alongside care, also involves scientific research, education, training, and healthcare innovation.

What do we offer you?

• A thorough induction period by both the multidisciplinary treatment team and the occupational therapy team.
• A one-year contract, with a view to extension or permanent employment, depending on the evaluation after one year.
• Classification in salary scale 8M: € 3,626 to € 5,134 gross for a full-time employment (depending on education and experience). Additionally, you will receive an 8.3% year-end bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Vacation hours: 194.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by foot, by bicycle, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
• Do you come by bicycle? Take advantage of our good bicycle scheme.
• Pension accrual with ABP, of which we pay 70% of the premium.
• Free and unlimited access to training from, among others, GoodHabitz in our learning environment.
• An active staff association and a Jong Amsterdam UMC association, both of which organize fun (sporting) activities and events.