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Are you an Occupational Therapist with a passion for supporting individuals in the community?   Do you share our Trust values of Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring?

We offer a supportive working environment with a focus on staff wellbeing and development.  Join our friendly MINT service!

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic OT who is as passionate about caring for our service users as we are to join us to deliver integrated, personalised, place-based and well-coordinated care for adults. 

Our Trust is at the forefront of improving the way we provide mental health care in the communities we serve, focusing on supporting people’s mental health, alongside their physical health and social care needs. Our teams work closely with GPs, social services, the voluntary sector and other organisations to offer treatment and care in a more integrated - or joined up way. 

We are at the forefront of developing and delivering. We've called this new model of community-based mental health care our Mental Health Integrated Network Team –MINT!

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Main duties of the job

·       To provide a person centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users, situated within the MINT team with occupational therapists and other multi-disciplinary team members.

·       To actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance.

·       To use evidence-based principles to apply clinical skills and reasoning in occupational therapy, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation which include individual and group orientated approaches.

·       To be a resource for the team, providing occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of occupational therapy in the MINT service.

·       To provide leadership and to take responsibility for the direct supervision of less clinically experienced staff, link and peer support workers and students, including conducting Performance Development Reviews (PDR) as appropriate.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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’ overall by 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.