Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-H&F-091-A
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- MINT CentralH&F
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum inclusive of 20% HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Occupational Therapist
Band 6
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Are you looking for a post to support your transition into senior clinician and support for your development within community mental health settings? Through this role you will be able to explore different settings and develop skills across mental health and community settings to advance your development.
You will receive supervision by Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist and support along with the OT team from the Professional Head Occupational Therapist. West London has a strong AHP leadership team and a wider OT management within the trust which is supportive of staff and their development needs. There is an existing AHP Training Programme as well as other training opportunities internally. Staff are supported to develop their skills across the 4 pillars of practice within trust opportunities and external training as identified by PDR.
Main duties of the job
You will carry a clinical caseload which will include;
Assessment and treatment of patients within each service line for a range of mental health conditions and determine clinical reasoning and Occupational Therapy treatments in line with your case formulations.
To provide a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users, working with multi-disciplinary team members and the occupational therapy team.
To work as part of a team within the multi-disciplinary Team for the best interests of the caseload.
Supervision of junior and support staff.
To plan, conduct and review audits and service development projects.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
- HCPC Registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Achieved Band 5 OT KSF sub-set
- Achieved full KSF outline for Band 5 OT (usually second year post qualified)
- Relevant post-qualified OT experience in Mental Health
- Application of core OT skills and OT process
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of supervising /co-supervising students
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in research and clinical audit
- Experience of supervision of students and staff
- Substantial post qualified experience as an OT (or equivalent role) in a health or social care or 3rd sector setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Mental health diagnoses/presentations
- Ability to articulate and apply relevant experience to mental health setting
- Research methodology
- Core skills of OT process
- Models of practice
- Clinical and environmental risk
- Equality and diversity
- Understanding of team dynamics
- Principles of clinical governance
- Group work theory and practice
- Practice placement education training
- Evidence of post-qualified training in Mental Health
- Relevant current legislation, NICE guidelines, CPA, risk assessment and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Clinical/case supervision training
- Use of Model of Human Occupation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Organisational ability
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build rapport with service users, carers and colleagues
- Evidence of ability in OT assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation
- Use of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
- Ability to work independently and under supervision as part of a team
- Group work skills
- Computer literacy
- Contribution to service development and the training of others
- Supervisory skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to prepare and present papers at study days and conferences
- Ability to apply (research) evidence-based practice
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise others’ performance
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
- Amy Flint
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist MINT
- Email address
- [email protected]
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