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Site MINT Ealing Acton Town London Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist.
Are you looking for a post to support your transition into senior clinician and support for your development within community mental health settings? Through this role you are able to explore different settings and develop skills across mental and community settings and continue your development. Are you invested in providing person centred care that is centred in integrating community mental health care into the community as part of the community mental health framework?
Within this role you will receive supervision by Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist and Professional OT/ Therapy Leads in each service area. West London has a strong AHP leadership team and a wider OT management within the trust which is supportive of staff and their development needs. There is an existing across trust AHP Training Programme as well as other training opportunities internally. Staff have been supported with developing their skills across the 4 pillars of practice within trust opportunities and external training as identified by PDR. You will be a part of embedding the AHP strategy.
Main duties of the job
You will carry a clinical caseload which will include;
· Assessment and treatment of patients within each service line for an array of conditions and to determine clinical reasoning and Occupational Therapy treatments in line with your case formulations.
· To provide a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users, working with multi-disciplinary team members and the occupational therapy team.
· To work as part of a team within the multi-disciplinary Team for the best interests of the caseload.
· Provide initial assessments, crisis and care plans of service users 18 to 65 years of age with a variety of mental health conditions.
· Supervision of junior and support staff.
To plan, conduct and review audits and service development projects .
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
* HCPC Registration
Experience
* Achieved Band 5 OT KSF sub-set
* Achieved full KSF outline for Band 5 OT
* Relevant post-qualified OT experience in Mental Health
* Application of core OT skills and OT process
* Multidisciplinary team working
* Experience of supervising /co-supervising students
* Involvement in research and clinical audit
* Experience of supervision of students and staff
* Substantial post qualified experience as an OT (or equivalent role) in a health or social care or 3rd sector setting
Knowledge
* Ability to articulate and apply relevant experience to mental health setting
* Research methodology
* Core skills of OT process
* Models of practice
* Clinical and environmental risk
* Equality and diversity
* Understanding of team dynamics
* Awareness of need to work within appropriate boundaries
* Group work theory and practice
* Practice placement education training
* Evidence of post-qualified training in Mental Health
* Relevant current legislation, NICE guidelines, CPA, risk assessment and risk management
* Clinical/case supervision training
* Use of Model of Human Occupation
Skills
* Organisational ability
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to build rapport with service users, carers and colleagues
* Evidence of ability in OT assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation
* Use of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
* Ability to work independently and under supervision as part of a team
* Contribution to service development and the training of others
* Supervisory skills
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Ability to prepare and present papers at study days and conferences
* Ability to apply (research) evidence-based practice
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise others’ performance
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).
Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences.
While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application. The success of an application will always be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, so it is important to ensure that your application and any supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.
We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.
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