Job summary
The Secure care CBU is a regional service offering care and treatment to individuals who have either mental health, personality disorder or learning disability diagnoses and have come into contact with the criminal justice system. The service works across medium and low secure inpatient wards, the community and prison.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient team based in Morpeth. You will have responsibility for a caseload; primarily initiating interventions that support pro-social occupational routines and interpersonal functioning that aid transition into the community. There will be opportunities to rotate and experience each of the specialisms.
You will be supported by a clinical specialist Occupational Therapist, assistant practitioners and the wider team of professionals to develop specialist knowledge and skills to work within this environment with this client group
Main duties of the job
The role of the Occupational Therapist is to primarily assess occupational needs and initiate interventions that support pro-social occupational routines and aid transition to the next step of the individuals pathway.You will work as a core part of the multidisciplinary and occupational therapy teams to provide:
- Comprehensive assessment of occupational needs using both standardised tools and structured clinical observations
- Set collaborative therapeutic goals to support the development of address occupational performance needs.
- Undertake 1:1 and group interventions in a variety of environments.
- Maintain standards of clinical documentation.
Dependent on experience you may also be expected to supervise others and take students on placement
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These posts can be tailored to suit either newly qualified therapists looking to start their careers or those with post graduate experience wishing to gain experience within a clinical speciality.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 12th March 2026
Closing date : 26th March 2026
We welcome your application.
Please note - this vacancy may close early once a suitable number of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These posts can be tailored to suit either newly qualified therapists looking to start their careers or those with post graduate experience wishing to gain experience within a clinical speciality.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 12th March 2026
Closing date : 26th March 2026
We welcome your application.
Please note - this vacancy may close early once a suitable number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification
- Commitment to complete Fieldwork education training
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Completed Preceptorship
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and RCOT standards and other local and national initiatives
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of intervention plans
- Multi-disciplinary team work
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of and evidence based interventions.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users / carers in evaluation / planning and monitoring of services.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Competence in providing evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
- Demonstrate effective written and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Effective time and caseload management skills
Desirable
- Effective time and caseload management skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification
- Commitment to complete Fieldwork education training
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Completed Preceptorship
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and RCOT standards and other local and national initiatives
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of intervention plans
- Multi-disciplinary team work
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of and evidence based interventions.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users / carers in evaluation / planning and monitoring of services.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Competence in providing evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
- Demonstrate effective written and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Effective time and caseload management skills
Desirable
- Effective time and caseload management skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
