Job summary
- Main area
- Older Peoples CMHT
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 10 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-MHCA-7394177-JB-B
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tolworth Hospital
- Town
- Surbiton
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 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
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our The Kingston Older Peoples CMHT and Memory Service. The Kingston Older Peoples CMHT and Memory Service has been well-established for over 20 years. In the past few years the service has been transformed from an integrated team to a health only service, therefore, outsourcing social care provision. During the new formation of the team many new roles have been developed. All our staff work across both the Memory Service and Older People’s CMHT and we enjoy integrated caseload management, helping to better meet our service user’s needs and patient safety.
Main duties of the job
The role of community occupational therapist will cover both of CMHT and Memory Assessment Service – likely, two days working within each team. Both teams work together and are located at the same location and managed by the same Team Manager. The successful candidate will receive professional supervision from the Lead Service Line Occupational Therapist. You will also be responsible for a small caseload of service users with complex needs; some may have chronic and acute mental health needs. There will be an expectation to working independently and provide effective caseload management. Knowledge and working with old age mental health conditions would be an advantage.
Holistic assessment alongside a recovery style approach will be essential in supporting our service users. There will also be an expectation to attend interdisciplinary meetings, help with auditing and improving the team’s key performance indicators. Mandatory and developmental training will be provided. Having access to your own car and driving will be an essential requirement for the post holder to help them complete home visits. A mileage allowance will be provided.
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.
About our locations:
Tolworth Hospital
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, taking on the role of 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.
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK
- 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 individual and group work
- Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of preceptorship
- Experience of supervising junior staff
Knowledge and Skills - Communication
Essential criteria
- Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs
- Ability to promote & maintain the profile of OT within an MDT & the wider organisation
Knowledge and Skills - Health, Safety & Security
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health, safety & security of self, service user & members of the public
- Ability to monitor work areas & practices to maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment.
Knowledge and Skills - Service Improvement
Essential criteria
- Ability to express constructive views & ideas in relation to improving service effectiveness
Desirable criteria
- Audit skills
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
- Neil Clemenson
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3513 5131
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