# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/1de2a946-9258-4127-bb59-a392c65e6f6d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/1de2a946-9258-4127-bb59-a392c65e6f6d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Pinewood House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-24T09:20:45.051Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Beckenham/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Community_Mental_Health/Adult_Community_Mental_Health-v8249292 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Occupational Therapist is a key member of the community mental health psychosis pathway, supporting service users to develop or regain independence and improve their quality of life. The post focuses on enabling recovery through occupational therapy interventions that promote daily living skills, social participation, vocational engagement, and the development of meaningful routines and roles. The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of occupational therapy within the pathway, providing specialist assessment and intervention on both an individual and group basis. A central aspect of the role will be supporting the ongoing development, delivery, and evaluation of the borough-wide occupational therapy group programme. The Occupational Therapist will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, including nursing, psychology, psychiatry, and social care colleagues, to ensure coordinated, holistic care that reflects the full range of service users’ needs and recovery goals. *** Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post *** ### Main duties of the job We’re offering an exciting opportunity to be part of our redesigned psychosis service, delivering evidence-based pathways and support for Bromley residents. This role is all about making a real difference—helping individuals regain independence and improve their quality of life through interventions that boost daily living, social engagement, and vocational skills. You’ll collaborate with a talented, experienced Occupational Therapy team, playing a key role in shaping, delivering, and evaluating OT across this new pathway. If you’re passionate about recovery, inclusion, and empowering people to thrive, we’d love to hear from you! As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you will: - Complete comprehensive occupational needs assessments for service users referred to OT. - Co-produce personalised goals and deliver tailored interventions aligned with individual care plans. - Lead and facilitate a variety of group-based interventions that promote recovery, empowerment, and readiness for discharge where appropriate. - Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues to identify service users’ functional needs and enhance clinical outcomes. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To manage a clinical caseload - To work as a member of the MDT - To support the development of evidence-based OT practice - To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work. - To contribute to service development - To participate in research/audit activities - To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT students on fieldwork placement - Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans - To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT - To work independently without direct supervision - To follow an agreed job plan, with specified number of weekly clinical contacts ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting OT and social inclusion ### Knowledge **Essential** - Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to clinical area ### Experience **Essential** - Sufficient Post registration experience as an OT including a minimum of 2 years mental health experience ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1847) - [job description (pdf, 696.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10561384) - [person specification (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10561385) - [privacy notice for staff (pdf, 268.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1659) - [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.