Job summary
- Main area
- Community Rehabilitation Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-7456621-JB-A
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Springfield University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 pro rata per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 6
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Bridge Support (Bridge 24) is a third sector provider with two rehab houses in Kingston and is a joint project with South West London & St Georges MH NHS Trust and the South London Partnership (SLP).
The service aims to deliver specific recovery focused interventions to people with a severe and enduring mental illness, enabling individuals to maintain / develop their daily living skills and to understand and develop strategies to manage the symptoms they may be experiencing. This will include medication management and monitoring physical wellbeing. In this setting, the OT will act to support the staff of the residential units to ensure effective risk management, the development of personal goals and skills to maximise daily living, and support for move on to further independent living.
The team will provide community care to people with severe and enduring mental health problems who have been discharged from inpatient care. Clinical interventions will be intensive, but time limited with a focus on recovery and assessment for further placements. You will work closely with the Care Coordinator responsible for the clients. There is an expectation that clinical interventions will have an outcome. The assessments will be carried out using the Model of Human Occupation and treatments will be determined and carried out in the form of individual or group intervention.
Main duties of the job
- To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based and client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of OT services within the Riverside team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
- To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.
- To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
- To contribute to optimising care, working from admission to discharge, in keeping with the principles of the rehabilitation and recovery pathway.
- To promote recovery and social inclusion.
- To act as the designated ‘Disability Champion’ leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of disability on occupational performance and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client’s social and physical environment.
• To promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture physical health and age.
• To promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence based practice. This is underpinned by the principles of hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention.
• To independently manage a clinical caseload of service user with complex mental health needs, liaising closely with the care co-ordinator and/or vocational lead where relevant.
• To identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan, using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessments, including MOHO tools.
• To exercise clinical professional judgement in complex clinical cases and difficult clinical situation, referring to senior staff when necessary.
• To consider both physical and mental health needs as part of the occupational therapy assessment.
• To plan and implement specialist individual and/or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and satisfactory occupational performance outcome.
• To identify any significant risk factors in line with local policies, with support from senior staff
• To contribute to and work within clinical pathways and protocols.
• To evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions and quality of clinical decisions in conjunction with service users/carers, other professionals etc.
• To promote and signpost individuals / carers towards the Recovery College and embed recovery into all interventions
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK
- Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice
- Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment
- Apple registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of carrying a caseload in a mental health setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
- Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports
- Experience of participating in a service development project
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Successful completion of preceptorship
Knowledge and Skills - Communication
Essential criteria
- Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs
- Basic word processing and IT skills
- Proficient standard of written communication skills
- Ability to promote & maintain the profile of OT within an MDT & the wider organisation
Knowledge and Skills - Quality
Essential criteria
- Applied knowledge of confidentiality & consent issues
- Applied knowledge of current national legislation, policies & guidelines relevant to clinical area
- Good personal management skills in order to manage a clinical caseload & varied workload
- Ability to work effectively within a team and understanding of the importance of collaborative working in the delivery of good quality services
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
- Sarah Gray
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815676181
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