Job overview

Join Our Team as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist – Adult Mental Health Ward

Are you a dedicated Occupational Therapist passionate about making a real difference in adult mental health? We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic, mixed adult mental health ward. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive environment where your skills will directly impact patient recovery and wellbeing.

In this role, you will deliver both individual and group interventions tailored to the unique needs of our patients. You’ll conduct comprehensive assessments, develop personalised care plans, and work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support our patients' journey toward independence and improved mental health.

Our ward provides a diverse caseload, offering rich clinical experiences across a range of mental health conditions. You will have the chance to design and facilitate therapeutic groups, focusing on skill-building, social interaction, and coping strategies, alongside one-to-one therapy.

If you are committed to professional growth and delivering compassionate, evidence-based care, we want to hear from you. Join us to contribute your expertise in a challenging yet rewarding setting, where your work truly transforms lives.

Main duties of the job

The Occupational Therapist will conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualised treatment plans for patients with a wide range of mental health conditions on the ward.  They will deliver therapeutic interventions to support patients’ mental health recovery, enhance daily living skills, and promote independent functioning. The Occupational therapist  will collaborate closely with the clinical team, including psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, and social workers, to provide holistic care and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings and care planning. They will provide group and individual therapy sessions focused on skills development, mental health management, and rehabilitation.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care