Overview
Oxleas NHS Foundation is proud to be part of the South London Partnership (SLP) Forensic Programme along with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George’s NHS Trust as an NHS England New Model of Care. One of the aspirations of the SLP is to strengthen the interface between the forensic acute inpatient men’s service enabling a smooth transition and improved experience in South London by actively linking in with prison healthcare.
Oxleas is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to the Forensic Service. The Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist will provide occupational therapy assessment, treatment, and interventions individually and in groups with responsibility for providing clinical supervision of junior colleagues and students. The post holder will work with both individuals and groups and contribute directly to the Seven Day Therapies Programme on average one in four weekends, either a Saturday or Sunday on a rota basis.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
Responsibilities
* Manage a complex clinical caseload
* Work as a member of the multi-professional team and proactively support the NHSE/I safe staffing initiative
* Lead on the development of evidence-based OT practice
* Provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, work and leisure
* Lead on service development
* Lead and participate in research/audit/quality improvement activities
* Supervise the work of junior staff including OT students on clinical placement
* Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans
* Provide specialist OT advice to the multi-professional team
* Work independently without direct supervision
* Be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment and interventions for the service user group
* Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT service
* Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda
Clinical
* To manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs
* To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques
* To work with service users in a variety of settings to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
* To plan and implement service users led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
* To ensure service users health, social, cultural, and spiritual needs are always considered
* To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for offenders with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
* To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and identify outcomes
* To plan and deliver services within the Care Programme Approach framework
* To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability
* To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions
* To identify appropriate and inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
* To manage effective discharge ensuring service users and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
* To contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plan
* To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
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