Employer Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Holly Lodge, 45 Church Lane, Cheshunt, EN8 0DR Town Cheshunt Salary £40,617 - £48,778 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 18:00
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Base: Enhanced Primary Care Mental Health Service in Cheshunt
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.
This community mental health role is largely OT focused allowing the OT 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
Main duties of the job
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 Band 6 Occupational Therapist offers 1-1 and group interventions and will facilitate a number of face to face groups, using the Recovery Through Activity framework developed by Sue Parkinson. The OT has 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).
Working for our organisation
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 4,000 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.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification
We welcome an informal chat or visit if you would like to find out more about the role!
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration
* Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
* Completion of preceptorship and/or evidence of having met the full KSF Gateway for Band 5 OT’s
* Evidence of relevant post grad training
* Membership of RCOT, including specialist section
* First line management training
* Solution Focussed Brief Therapy training
* AMPS/ESI/SI training
* Broad base of clinical experience
Travel
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
* Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting
* Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
* Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
* Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
* Documented evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
* Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
* Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
* Previous experience of having worked at Band 6 level
* Experience in research or audit
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
* Strong communication skills, written and verbal and the ability to persuade and negotiate with peers and senior colleagues
* Proven track record of working within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of team dynamics
* Knowledge and application of key policy, health legislation and guidelines which impact on OT and mental health/LD practice.
* Ability to provide and receive sensitive and difficult information regarding service users care and social situation
* Knowledge of and effective use of appropriate professional relationships and boundaries
* High level of ability to grade and adapt practical skills
* Evidence of delivery of training and professional development sessions
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
* Ability to apply broad knowledge of current best practice in OT and mental health
* A high level of problem solving/clinical judgement skills and the ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
* Ability to respond and adjust appropriately to the changing needs of service usersSpecialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation Assessment tools and or equivalent in area
* Highly developed ability to evaluate group interventions and outcomes
* Highly developed case formulation skills to guide own OT intervention plan and those of others
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”. This year, our staff rated us the 4 th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values‑driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
AI Usage Guidance
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can aid you in completing your application, these tools cannot fully grasp the context of requirements of the job you’re applying for, nor can they accurately reflect your skills, knowledge and experience. Please ensure you have tailored your application before submitting it.
For further information, please refer to the Trust’s guidance on AI usage document which can be found below.
Visa, Immigration and Sponsorship
As a Trust we will offer sponsorship to roles which require professional registration, unfortunately, if you apply for a role that is outside of that your application will not be considered for the role. If you hold a different visa type, you must have a minimum of 2 years on your current visa to be considered for a role.
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.
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