Oxford Health NHS Trust

Occupational Therapist - Mental Health Reablement Team

The closing date is 20 May 2025

Job summary

Are you an occupational therapist committed to working in mental health and keen to use your professional skills to support individuals' recovery?

Are you interested in being involved in service innovation and part of bringing change to local mental health delivery?

Oxford City + NE Adult mental health team are leading the way locally with a team of occupational therapists and experienced support staff providing mental health reablement. This team provide short, intensive, activation focussed interventions to support service users to increase, reconnect to, or initiate activities of meaning to support recovery from a period of mental health distress.

The team is embedded in the AMHT working alongside the core delivery led key workers, team managers, psychology delivery and the medical team to support service user recovery.

Part of the role is collecting evidence to support the local evaluation of the reablement model using a combination of patient reported outcome measures, wellbeing scales and occupational therapy assessments. You will contribute to collecting the evidence for the value of embedding this model within our local delivery alongside providing wider evidence for the effectiveness of occupational therapists in community mental health.

Main duties of the job

The Band 5 Reablement Occupational Therapist will (with the support and supervision of Band 6 member of the team)

provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment interventions
to carry a caseload as a member of the MDT
develop the occupational therapy service provision within the setting.

Whether you are a newly qualified occupational therapist looking to step in to mental health or an experienced band 5 looking for move in to the community or a role that uses more profession specific skills, this is the role for you! This small team work closely together to support peoples to increase their occupational engagement and mental health recovery. With support and supervision you will be able to develop skills working individually with service uses, leading groups and completing Occupational Therapy assessments.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum/Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

267-OA7180906

Job locations

Neill Unit, Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Job description

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Bsc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
HCPC registration

Desirable

Placement experience in mental health

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in mental health as an Occupational Therapy student or other
Documented evidence of continuing professional development
Experience of working collaboratively with carers to meet both the needs of the carer and the user

Desirable

Experience working with standardised and non-standardised OT assessments (as student acceptable)
Groupwork experience (as student acceptable)
Experience of working independently (as student acceptable)
Experience of working with other disciplines within a multidisciplinary team (as student acceptable)

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of application of the OT process and use of functional assessment and activity analysis
Experience of the application of an OT model in practice
Working knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT

Desirable

Working knowledge of standardised assessment and outcome measures appropriate to area of practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Bsc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
HCPC registration

Desirable

Placement experience in mental health

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in mental health as an Occupational Therapy student or other
Documented evidence of continuing professional development
Experience of working collaboratively with carers to meet both the needs of the carer and the user

Desirable

Experience working with standardised and non-standardised OT assessments (as student acceptable)
Groupwork experience (as student acceptable)
Experience of working independently (as student acceptable)
Experience of working with other disciplines within a multidisciplinary team (as student acceptable)

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of application of the OT process and use of functional assessment and activity analysis
Experience of the application of an OT model in practice
Working knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT

Desirable

Working knowledge of standardised assessment and outcome measures appropriate to area of practice

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Neill Unit, Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Neill Unit, Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)