# B6 Occupational Therapist - Runnymede Neighbourhood MHT

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Unither House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T09:40:46.310Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Chertsey/Surrey_Borders_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8198694
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8198694?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sabp.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and join our dynamic Occupational Therapy (OT) team in Runnymede Neighbourhood mental health services .

We offer innovative ways of delivering OT within NW sector. The post will include delivering both individual and group OT interventions offering a clear care pathway, these interventions include:

- Occupation Matters Programme - a 20 week group which utilises Lifestyle Redesign principles.
- Recovery through Occupation - a 6 week group which uses the Re-Motivation process to improve an individual's motivation and social skills.
- New Horizons - our occupational therapy led discharge pathway to support a smooth transition from secondary services
- Individual occupational therapy
- Comprehensive occupational therapy assessments
- Memory matters: group using cognitive rehabilitation principles for people with mild Dementia

We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our OT assessments and interventions, focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.

The OT leadership team is committed to offering extensive, co-ordinated CPD programmes including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference.

### Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

- To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.
- To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.
- To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.
- To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate)
- To provide occupational therapy student placements.
- To contribute to service development and audits.
- To take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Relevant post qualification clinical experience
- Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
- Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
- Evidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
- Evidence of clinical reasoning skills

**Desirable**

- Experience of contributing to service development/project work
- Experience as a supervisor
- Experience of group facilitation
- Experience of supporting students on placement

### Driving Licence

**Essential**

- Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.

### Qualifications + Registration

**Essential**

- HCPC registration
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification

**Desirable**

- Completion of a Fieldwork Educators’ course

## Documents

- [vacancy links (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2727)
- [carers information (pdf, 604.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2716)
- [sabp competency profile map (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2714)
- [mindful employer information (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2715)
- [benefits of nhs pension scheme (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2717)
- [band 6 community occupational therapist (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10504450)

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