Job summary
This role presents an exciting opportunity to join the Mental Health Hub in Bromley as a highly skilled and motivated Occupational Therapist. The Hub is designed to provide accessible, person-centred support for individuals experiencing a range of mental health challenges. As part of this innovative service, you will conduct comprehensive assessments and deliver a variety of brief, evidence-based interventions to address the biopsychosocial needs of those accessing the Hub.
A key aspect of the role involves effectively utilising third-sector organisations and community resources to promote service users' recovery, wellbeing, and the ongoing independent management of mental health conditions. You will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to shared care planning and service delivery while maintaining professional autonomy in your practice.
The role is supported by robust clinical supervision and professional development structures within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring you have access to guidance and opportunities for growth. In addition to direct clinical work, you will play an active role in shaping the service by participating in the development, delivery, and evaluation of primary care mental health initiatives and multi-disciplinary interventions.
Main duties of the job
In this innovative service, you will perform comprehensive assessments, contribute to shared care planning and formulation, and deliver various brief, evidence-based interventions to address the biopsychosocial needs of those accessing the Hub.
Alongside other MDT members, you will also be responsible for delivering recovery-focused OT groups that cater to the needs of service users accessing primary care mental health services. Your role will require finding creative, evidence-based, and occupationally focused ways to respond to the needs of our service users.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide specialist assessments of service users with mental health problems within the primary care setting, ensuring proactive management of service users needs.
To support and deliver a range of biopsychosocial therapeutic interventions to service users in primary care, who do not meet the criteria for secondary mental health services.
To provide specialist occupational therapy consultation and advice to other team members on the suitability of assessments and interventions, where appropriate.
To provide effective signposting to appropriate third sector and community-based services for ongoing support.
To provide high quality clinical expertise and clinical reasoning in relation to referrals that may require onward referrals for secondary mental health care
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans
To contribute to the continued development, review and transformation of the primary care mental health hub.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide specialist assessments of service users with mental health problems within the primary care setting, ensuring proactive management of service users needs.
To support and deliver a range of biopsychosocial therapeutic interventions to service users in primary care, who do not meet the criteria for secondary mental health services.
To provide specialist occupational therapy consultation and advice to other team members on the suitability of assessments and interventions, where appropriate.
To provide effective signposting to appropriate third sector and community-based services for ongoing support.
To provide high quality clinical expertise and clinical reasoning in relation to referrals that may require onward referrals for secondary mental health care
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans
To contribute to the continued development, review and transformation of the primary care mental health hub.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working as a mental health professional with mental health experience
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion
- Practice educator
Skills
Essential
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of relevant legislation
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working as a mental health professional with mental health experience
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion
- Practice educator
Skills
Essential
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of relevant legislation
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.
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.
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).
