# Occupational Therapist - Assertive Outreach > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-assertive-outreach/00f2c9a2-3e5a-40a2-ad5f-24eda48083d6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-assertive-outreach/00f2c9a2-3e5a-40a2-ad5f-24eda48083d6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T14:13:02.552Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialised_Services/Specialised_Services-v8165412 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8165412?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist seeking a role in a brand new service? Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to invite applications for an Occupational Therapist role within our newly established Assertive Outreach Team (AOT). This innovative service will provide high-quality, person-centred care to individuals with complex mental health needs who may struggle to engage with traditional services. Operating across Oxford, the team will deliver proactive, flexible support, responding to need in a timely and coordinated manner. Assertive Outreach is founded on active engagement rather than office-based care. Staff will work flexibly across the city, supporting individuals in community settings, their homes or Trust premises. Interventions will be tailored, relationship-focused and recovery-oriented, promoting continuity, trust and consistent engagement. Shared caseload responsibility, alongside a key worker model and regular MDT reviews, will enable rapid responses to relapse, risk and disengagement. We are seeking motivated and compassionate professionals who are committed to supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. You will be confident in managing complexity and dynamic risk, while working within a recovery-focused, trauma-informed framework. This is an opportunity to help shape a new service and make a meaningful difference across Oxford. Discover more here ### Main duties of the job - Provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of recovery and enablement/reablement. - Complete and interpret assessments, evaluating the impact of illness, disability or environmental factors on the individual's ability to carry out his or her desired activities and occupations. - Use specialist clinical skills and reasoning to manage a caseload with complex needs, working with a high degree of autonomy and referring to senior staff when necessary. - Plan and implement specialist individual and /or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and desired occupational performance outcomes. Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values. The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role. ## Person Specification ### Training **Essential** - Leadership trained - Sensory trained - Trauma Informed Care trained ### Expertise **Essential** - Experience working in Forensic Mental Health/Prisons ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience working as a Senior Occupational Therapist **Desirable** - Experience working as a Lead Occupational Therapist ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc/MSc Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration ## Documents - [job description and ps (pdf, 216.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10466742) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## 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.