Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 04 January 2026

Job summary

The Occupational Therapist will play a vital role within the Greenwich Memory Service, supporting individuals living with dementia and their carers across the Royal borough of Greenwich. This position focuses on delivering high-quality, person-centred care in line with the National Dementia Strategy.

You will provide specialist occupational therapy interventions through a combination of home visits, clinic-based sessions, and group work. The role includes conducting comprehensive assessments, developing tailored treatment plans, and offering practical strategies to promote independence and wellbeing.

Working as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will collaborate closely with colleagues, act as a link worker for service users and carers, and contribute to service development initiatives. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on people's lives while advancing your professional skills in a supportive environment.

Main duties of the job

The Greenwich Memory Service is at the heart of supporting people living with dementia across the Greenwich borough, in line with the National Dementia Strategy. We're passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care that truly changes lives.

As part of our dedicated team, you'll work closely with service users and their carers, providing support in their homes and in clinic settings. Through a mix of individual and group interventions, you'll help people maintain independence and improve quality of life.

We're looking for a skilled Occupational Therapist to bring expertise and compassion to our Memory Service. In this role, you will:

Carry out specialist assessments and deliver tailored interventions

Facilitate individual and group sessions that make a real impact

Act as a link worker, offering guidance and support to carers

Collaborate within a dynamic multidisciplinary team (MDT)

Contribute to the ongoing development of our service

About us

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

Details

Date posted

11 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7674680-CMH

Job locations

Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill

Woolwich

SE18 3RG


Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a clinical caseload

To work as a member of the MDT

To support the development of evidence-based OT practice

To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work.

To contribute to service development

To participate in research/audit activities

To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT students

on fieldwork placement

Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans

To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT

To work independently without direct supervision

To follow an agreed job plan

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a clinical caseload

To work as a member of the MDT

To support the development of evidence-based OT practice

To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work.

To contribute to service development

To participate in research/audit activities

To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT students

on fieldwork placement

Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans

To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT

To work independently without direct supervision

To follow an agreed job plan

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fieldwork educators training

Experience

Essential

  • Sufficient Post registration experience as an OT including a minimum of 2 years mental health experience
  • Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting OT and social inclusion

Desirable

  • Experience of delivery CST

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to clinical area
  • Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation, policy and current practice
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fieldwork educators training

Experience

Essential

  • Sufficient Post registration experience as an OT including a minimum of 2 years mental health experience
  • Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting OT and social inclusion

Desirable

  • Experience of delivery CST

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to clinical area
  • Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation, policy and current 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill

Woolwich

SE18 3RG


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill

Woolwich

SE18 3RG


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist

Donve Thompson-Boy

Donve.Thompson-Boy@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

11 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7674680-CMH

Job locations

Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill

Woolwich

SE18 3RG


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