Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and be part of our transformational multi-agency HOMEFirst Alliance.
HomeFirst is an exciting initiative using multi-agency collaboration to provide enhanced, recovery-focused support in the community for those living with complex mental health difficulties, that often lead to admission to acute hospital.
As our Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will deliver high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessments, interventions and consultations to enable people who access services to reach their full potential.
Main duties of the job
Leadership:
- To participate to service development and audits
- To provide mentoring/supervision to support workers/associate practitioners/activity coordinators
- To represent occupational therapy within the multi-disciplinary team
- To advocate and promote occupational therapy within the Trust
Clinical:
- To demonstrate occupational therapy skills in areas such as occupational identity and competency, occupational engagement, environmental adaptation, volition, development and maintenance of occupational skills.
- To contribute to the evaluation the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions.
- To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check job description and person specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of occupational frames of reference and approaches
- Knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
Desirable
- Experience of supporting students on placement
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification
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This advert is for B6 Occupational Therapist - Internal only with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Chertsey, England. It is listed as a Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £41957.00 to £50387.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Aug 2026.
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