Job summary
Exciting Opportunity: Band 5 Occupational Therapist
We are delighted to announce a Band 5 Occupational Therapy role within the vibrant and supportive environment of City & Hackney. This rewarding post offers the opportunity to work across inpatient wards, including both adult and specialist settings.
As part of this role, you will play an integral part in the Occupational Therapy process--assessing individuals upon admission and delivering tailored, impactful interventions. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the Occupational Therapy department to uphold a high standard of clinical care. Your responsibilities will include a mix of 1:1 sessions and group work, ensuring comprehensive ward-based OT provision.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be based in the Occupational Therapy department, with accountability for one ward. You will also be actively involved in the Band 5 preceptorship program, fostering your professional growth, and contributing to in-service training initiatives.
We are seeking someone passionate, dedicated, and ready to make a difference. If you are looking for a role that blends professional development with meaningful patient care, this is the opportunity for you.
Join us and be a part of a team that transforms lives.
Main duties of the job
East London NHS Foundation Trust is thrilled to announce the expansion of our static inpatient mental health posts. We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Occupational Therapists, whether newly qualified or experienced, who are eager to gain invaluable clinical experience as a Band 5 within our forward-thinking and supportive Therapy Services.
You will be joining well-led, dynamic, and friendly teams of multidisciplinary practitioners who are committed to integrated working, optimising patient care, and fostering exceptional team morale. Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring both positive patient experiences and outcomes across all wards and teams.
As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will work as an autonomous clinician under weekly supervision and as a vital member of the Multidisciplinary Team. Your responsibilities will include:
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Conducting comprehensive patient assessments.
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Collaborating on patient-agreed goals and expectations.
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Delivering skilled interventions and treatments.
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Facilitating safe and timely patient discharges across clinical areas.
In every area, you will benefit from access to experienced senior Occupational Therapists for professional supervision, as well as robust opportunities for clinical and professional training, preceptorship and development.
If you are passionate about making a difference and developing your career within a supportive and innovative environment, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
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Job responsibilities
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Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDiploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration
Desirable
- oMember of RCOT
- oFurther training in relevant area
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience in a clinical mental health setting, learning disabilities setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Desirable
- oExperience of CPD and role development
- oExperience in a mental health setting or working with offenders
- oExperience of supervising unqualified / junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oClinical reasoning skills to assess service users' needs (including risk assessment) and guide interventions.
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to manage distressing clinical interactions with service user's with severe personality disorder.
- oAbility to deal with conflict on a clinical and organisational level.
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to manage a clinical caseload under supervision
- oAbility to prioritise activities in relation to clinical work.
- oAbility to liaise with other services around clinical issues.
- oTo have knowledge pertaining to the theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice including the Model of Human Occupation and apply them in a mental health setting.
Desirable
- oAbility to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations under supervision.
- oTo have knowledge of the needs and rights of service users and / or carers in a mental health setting.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDiploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration
Desirable
- oMember of RCOT
- oFurther training in relevant area
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience in a clinical mental health setting, learning disabilities setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Desirable
- oExperience of CPD and role development
- oExperience in a mental health setting or working with offenders
- oExperience of supervising unqualified / junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oClinical reasoning skills to assess service users' needs (including risk assessment) and guide interventions.
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to manage distressing clinical interactions with service user's with severe personality disorder.
- oAbility to deal with conflict on a clinical and organisational level.
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to manage a clinical caseload under supervision
- oAbility to prioritise activities in relation to clinical work.
- oAbility to liaise with other services around clinical issues.
- oTo have knowledge pertaining to the theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice including the Model of Human Occupation and apply them in a mental health setting.
Desirable
- oAbility to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations under supervision.
- oTo have knowledge of the needs and rights of service users and / or carers in a mental health setting.
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).
