Specialist Occupational Therapist

Hpft; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Band 5 or Band 6 Occupational Therapist. The role involves managing a clinical OT caseload in community settings, conducting assessments, and delivering evidence-based interventions. The trust offers generous benefits, including significant annual leave, training opportunities, and a strong pension scheme, ensuring robust support for professional development. The post is integral to enhancing the quality of care for mental health service users through effective occupational therapy.

Benefits

5% high cost allowance supplement

27 days holiday increasing to 33 days

One of the UK's best pension schemes

Special Leave for family and personal reasons

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Qualifications

• Band 5 or Band 6 Occupational Therapy qualification required.
• Experience in mental health settings is preferred.
• Car driver essential for community-based responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical OT caseload focused on mental health.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of service users.
• Deliver interventions using the Model of Human Occupation.
• Facilitate group sessions and projects for service user recovery.

Skills

Managing clinical OT caseload

Carrying out comprehensive assessments

Delivering evidence-based interventions

Full valid driving license

Job description

Base: Adult Community Mental Health Team in St Albans

Do you want to develop your OT career working in mental health?

Would you like to know that you have made a difference to people who have a number of challenges to their health and wellbeing?

This is a great and unique opportunity for a band 6 OT or band 5 OT looking to progress into a band 6 role.

Unlike many community mental health posts this role is solely OT focused allowing the OT team to concentrate on providing a high quality service benefiting both service users and the wider team as well as enhancing personal job satisfaction.

In Return, We Can Offer You

• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts

This Role Includes

• Managing a clinical OT caseload
• Carrying out comprehensive assessments
• Delivering evidence based interventions using the Model of Human Occupation

Assessments and Interventions take place at the unit, in service users homes, or in the community.

There is the opportunity to develop both individual and group interventions to help the service user achieve their personal and recovery goals.

The OT team consists of a Band 6 Occupational Therapist and two OT Assistant Therapy Practitioners. The team offers 1-1 and group interventions and has successfully facilitated a number of face to face, and virtual groups using the Recovery Through Activity framework developed by Sue Parkinson.

The OT team have made links with several community resources enhancing the quality OT provision. The post holder would have the opportunity to develop this further, expanding on the current groups provided.

High quality supervision is an integral part of all OT posts and there are many CPD opportunities and access to OT in-service training events which happen throughout the year. The in-service training often includes outside speakers who are at the forefront of our profession.

Car driver essential as a majority of the posts are community based, you must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes – including business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

Our Trust Values Are

• Welcoming.
• Kind.
• Positive.
• Respectful.
• Professional.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Mimi Joseph
Job title: Head Occupational Therapist
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07824499168