Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-CH7146162
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- TLSS ground floor
- Town
- LONDON
- Salary
- £32,466 - £39,521 per annum inclusive of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Inpatient Occupational Therapist
Band 5
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Exciting Opportunity: Band 5 Occupational Therapist
We are delighted to announce a Band 5 Occupational Therapy role within the vibrant and supportive environment of City & Hackney. This rewarding post offers the opportunity to work across inpatient wards, including both adult and specialist settings.
As part of this role, you will play an integral part in the Occupational Therapy process—assessing individuals upon admission and delivering tailored, impactful interventions. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the Occupational Therapy department to uphold a high standard of clinical care. Your responsibilities will include a mix of 1:1 sessions and group work, ensuring comprehensive ward-based OT provision.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be based in the Occupational Therapy department, with accountability for one ward. You will also be actively involved in the Band 5 preceptorship program, fostering your professional growth, and contributing to in-service training initiatives.
We are seeking someone passionate, dedicated, and ready to make a difference. If you are looking for a role that blends professional development with meaningful patient care, this is the opportunity for you.
Join us and be a part of a team that transforms lives.
Main duties of the job
East London NHS Foundation Trust is thrilled to announce the expansion of our static inpatient mental health posts. We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Occupational Therapists, whether newly qualified or experienced, who are eager to gain invaluable clinical experience as a Band 5 within our forward-thinking and supportive Therapy Services.
You will be joining well-led, dynamic, and friendly teams of multidisciplinary practitioners who are committed to integrated working, optimising patient care, and fostering exceptional team morale. Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring both positive patient experiences and outcomes across all wards and teams.
As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will work as an autonomous clinician under weekly supervision and as a vital member of the Multidisciplinary Team. Your responsibilities will include:
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Conducting comprehensive patient assessments.
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Collaborating on patient-agreed goals and expectations.
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Delivering skilled interventions and treatments.
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Facilitating safe and timely patient discharges across clinical areas.
In every area, you will benefit from access to experienced senior Occupational Therapists for professional supervision, as well as robust opportunities for clinical and professional training, preceptorship and development.
If you are passionate about making a difference and developing your career within a supportive and innovative environment, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- • Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
- • State Registration
Desirable criteria
- • Member of RCOT
- • Further training in relevant area
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Previous experience in a clinical mental health setting, learning disabilities setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of CPD and role development
- • Experience in a mental health setting or working with offenders
- • Experience of supervising unqualified / junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Clinical reasoning skills to assess service users’ needs (including risk assessment) and guide interventions.
- • Good organisational and time management skills
- • Ability to manage distressing clinical interactions with service user’s with severe personality disorder.
- • Ability to deal with conflict on a clinical and organisational level.
- • Word-processing/IT skills
- • Ability to manage a clinical caseload under supervision
- • Ability to prioritise activities in relation to clinical work.
- • Ability to liaise with other services around clinical issues.
- • To have knowledge pertaining to the theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice including the Model of Human Occupation and apply them in a mental health setting.
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations under supervision.
- • To have knowledge of the needs and rights of service users and / or carers in a mental health setting.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Williams
- Job title
- manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8510 8630
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