A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Would you like to work in an innovative team, where there is a strong focus on staff development and delivering high-quality care? We are looking for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our well-established, diverse team. We want you to bring your unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to our OT team, as diversity makes us stronger.
The Adult Community Mental Health Hub serves a diverse and vibrant population with secondary mental health needs and severe mental health conditions. The Hub consists of medical staff, nurses, peer support workers, employment specialists, and psychology/psychotherapy staff. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop and co-facilitate groups as part of the psychosocial Hub offer.
We are located in Uxbridge, a 10-minute walk from the Town Centre. The nearest underground station is Uxbridge Underground (Piccadilly and Metropolitan Lines) or West Drayton Train Station.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in community mental health. The role is full-time, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, with an option to work up to two days a week remotely.
* To work as an OT in the Adult Community Mental Health Hub, providing high-quality services to service users.
* To provide OT assessments and interventions for service users under the care of the team, both in healthcare environments and people's homes.
* To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations, and addressing accommodation needs.
* To provide evidence-based group interventions.
* To manage a caseload and be an allocated Named Worker autonomously.
* To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination, as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients and service users when working in healthcare settings.
The team will provide a friendly welcome and full induction, including shadowing opportunities and visits to services. We have invested fully in our Band 5s' development through robust supervision, a preceptorship programme, and internal training. Success at preceptorship can lead to further training to become an educator for OT students. Career development opportunities are available, and many of our Band 5s stay with us in senior posts.
There are excellent training and development opportunities within CNWL, including local in-house CPD opportunities. CNWL benefits from a long-established professional structure, including a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust-wide Professional Leads for all professional groups, and borough and specialist professional leadership.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion are priorities for CNWL. We expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective, and open to diverse CPD opportunities.
Hillingdon offers a wide range of resources, and OTs work closely with services to support community participation. We collaborate with Adult Social Care and Voluntary Sector partners in our borough.
Please see the attached job description for full details, and do not hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.
This advert closes on Friday, 29 August 2025.
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