Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our Hull Locality Community Mental Health Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or developing Occupational Therapist to work within a supportive multidisciplinary environment, delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care to adults experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
As part of our community mental health service, you will provide occupation-based assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, and support service users in achieving meaningful goals across self-care, productivity, and leisure. You will work collaboratively with clinicians across the MDT--including nursing, psychology, medical staff, support workers, and partner agencies--to ensure safe, person-centred care.
The role offers a diverse and rewarding caseload, opportunities to run therapeutic groups, involvement in care planning and review processes, and the chance to contribute to service development and quality improvement. You will receive regular supervision, access to CPD opportunities, and will complete the Trust's and RCOT Preceptorship Programme, ensuring you are fully supported in your professional development.
This post is ideal for practitioners who are passionate about promoting recovery, independence, and social inclusion, and who are keen to develop their clinical skills within a dynamic mental health setting.
Main duties of the job
- Complete comprehensive, recovery-focused occupational therapy assessments.
- Assess functional abilities across self-care, productivity and leisure.Identify strengths, barriers and environmental factors affecting occupational performance.
- Undertake risk assessments jointly with the multidisciplinary team.
- Develop and deliver person-centred, occupation-based care plans.
- Provide evidence-based interventions to improve daily living skills, routines and community participation.
- Support vocational goals including access to education, training and employment.
- Facilitate therapeutic groups where appropriate.
- Promote recovery, independence and social inclusion.
- Support service users to access community and mainstream services.
- Work collaboratively with carers, families and partner agencies.
- Contribute to MDT assessments, case reviews and CPA processes.
- Participate in risk management and safeguarding procedures.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records.
- Manage a defined caseload with supervision and prioritise workload effectively.
- Engage in supervision, appraisal, CPD activities and complete the Trust/RCOT preceptorship programme.
- Ensure safe and appropriate use of OT equipment and resources.
- Support or supervise OT students and unqualified staff where required.
- Provide accurate information for Trust and national data systems.
- Contribute to audits, research and evidence-based practice within the service.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the Health Professions Council
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area.
- Knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
- Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based relevant to the clinical area
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to be a Practice Placements for students.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Successful completion or willingness to undertake preceptorship
- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
- Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
- Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
- Experience of learning disability interventions - moving and handling, specialist equipment, PBS, Sensory Integration
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
- Evidence of good time management skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Ability to commute between the various sites
Desirable
- Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
- Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the Health Professions Council
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area.
- Knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
- Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based relevant to the clinical area
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to be a Practice Placements for students.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Successful completion or willingness to undertake preceptorship
- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
- Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
- Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
- Experience of learning disability interventions - moving and handling, specialist equipment, PBS, Sensory Integration
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
- Evidence of good time management skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Ability to commute between the various sites
Desirable
- Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
- Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
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).
