# Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist/eef1295b-d205-4186-b1a8-153fe0eed1db - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist/eef1295b-d205-4186-b1a8-153fe0eed1db.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Dartford - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T08:10:59.627Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Portland/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Offender_Healthcare/Offender_Healthcare-v8038179 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8038179?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Occupational Therapist to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. In this impactful role, you'll be at the forefront of rehabilitation, directly influencing health outcomes. Your guidance and oversight will play a crucial role in the health and recovery of individuals following their release from prison. Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future. This position isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging. **Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post** ### Main duties of the job - As a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist at HMP The Verne you will be providing occupational therapy assessments, treatments and interventions to individuals and also in group sessions. Your role will be crucial to helping patients prepare for their release from prison, focusing on developing and maintaining their daily living skills to enable them to reach their full potential in areas of self care, leisure and work. You will be working within a multi disciplinary team and manage a complex clinical caseload. You will be required to establish strong links with the community to promote seamless transfer of care for service users upon their release. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Manage a complex clinical caseload that varies in size depending on client need. - Work as a member of the multi-professional team and proactively support the NHSE&I safe staffing initiative. - Lead on the development of evidence-based OT practice - Provide OT specific assessment and intervention, both via groups & individual work related to self- care, work and leisure. - Establish strong links with the community so to promote seamless transfer of care for service users. - Lead on service development - Lead and participate in /audit/quality improvement activities - Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans, to support meaningful and risk managed engagement in the prison. - Provide specialist OT advice to the multi-professional team - Work independently without direct supervision - Be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment and interventions for the service user group - Actively lead on promoting co-production and peer mentor work opportunities within the healthcare service and wider community. - Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT service - Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). ## Job Details Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Occupational Therapist to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. In this impactful role, you'll be at the forefront of rehabilitation, directly influencing health outcomes. Your guidance and oversight will play a crucial role in the health and recovery of individuals following their release from prison. Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future. This position isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging. **Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post** ## Job Description As a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist at HMP The Verne you will be providing occupational therapy assessments, treatments and interventions to individuals and also in group sessions. Your role will be crucial to helping patients prepare for their release from prison, focusing on developing and maintaining their daily living skills to enable them to reach their full potential in areas of self care, leisure and work. You will be working within a multi disciplinary team and manage a complex clinical caseload. You will be required to establish strong links with the community to promote seamless transfer of care for service users upon their release. ## Responsibilities Manage a complex clinical caseload that varies in size depending on client need. Work as a member of the multi-professional team and proactively support the NHSE&I safe staffing initiative. Lead on the development of evidence-based OT practice Provide OT specific assessment and intervention, both via groups & individual work related to self- care, work and leisure. Establish strong links with the community so to promote seamless transfer of care for service users. Lead on service development Lead and participate in /audit/quality improvement activities Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans, to support meaningful and risk managed engagement in the prison. Provide specialist OT advice to the multi-professional team Work independently without direct supervision Be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment and interventions for the service user group Actively lead on promoting co-production and peer mentor work opportunities within the healthcare service and wider community. Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT service Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to establish rapport with difficult to engage service users - Risk assessment and management skills - Ability to build effective working relationships ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive experience as a clinical OT - Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion **Desirable** - Prison/secure experience ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent) - HCPC Registration - Post qualification training to Msc or equivalent experience ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1847) - [privacy notice for staff (pdf, 268.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1659) - [hmp the verne - useful info (pdf, 116.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326497) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326496) - [important additional information for candidates (please read carefully) (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.