Job summary
As an Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust values at all times and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision
To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
To contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives
To use the Trust electronic patient record system
To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team. The York and Selby Early Intervention in Psychosis team is based within the adult mental health directorate covering the York, Selby, Pocklington and surrounding rural area and is located at Huntington House.
The multi-disciplinary team works with people aged 14-65 who are assessed as experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families to deliver intensive treatment within the first 3 years of illness to promote recovery and prevent longer term difficulties.
We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with young people and adults and their families.
You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in North Yorkshire in TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.
Details
Date posted
26 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-NYA-137-25-A
Job locations
Huntington House
Jockey Lane
York
YO32 9XW
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached job description.
The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway linked to the first episode psychosis core pathway, and offer input to individuals, their families and carers, in the community.
All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.
The ability to engage and communicate with people from a variety of backgrounds experiencing a first episode of psychosis as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.
Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.
You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.
There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Appropriate professional qualification in occupational therapy (or pending)
2. Current relevant registration with HCPC (or pending)
3. International English Testing System (IELTS) Level 7 for international recruits
Desirable
4. Post graduate training in relevant specialist area
Experience
Essential
5. Experience of working in a variety of practice areas whilst on student placements (or postgraduate)
Desirable
6. Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
7. Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team
Knowledge
Essential
8. Awareness of professional standards and their application to practice
9. Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities
Desirable
10. Knowledge of evidence- based practice in designated specialist area
11. Clinical risk assessment and application in practice