# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/2a63cc7f-4159-4d99-a4c8-3675b9d4f23a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/2a63cc7f-4159-4d99-a4c8-3675b9d4f23a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Location:** Springfield University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-26T12:20:35.441Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapist/Occupational_Therapist-v8393682 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8393682?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We currently have an exciting vacancy for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 occupational therapist to join the team at our older people’s inpatient ward, Jasmines Ward. Jasmines Ward is a mixed functional and organic acute admissions ward for older people. You will be working alongside a highly experienced Band 6 OT and an Activity Coordinator. You will join our supportive and friendly group of multidisciplinary staff as well as our wider team of occupational therapists. We use the Model of Human Occupation as well as other assessments to review the client’s environment, sensory preferences and physical disability. The successful candidate would carry out short-term specific occupational therapy work to promote recovery goals and facilitate independence, including signposting to external agencies and liaising with multi agencies. We are working towards having a menu of high-quality interventions to develop expertise and consistency across the service lines and proactively promote occupational therapy within multidisciplinary teams. We have regular OT forums for professional support and development and can arrange staff to shadow OTs in other services for development opportunities. You will be the team’s Disability Champion to promote awareness within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring client’s views and reasonable adjustments are implemented within their care. The successful candidate will be offered supervision from the lead occupational therapist. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will join our wider occupational therapy service which includes our community, learning disability, specialist, national and forensic service lines. We meet quarterly for occupational therapy training events which have recently included training around sensory profiling and MOHO. We have a preceptorship offer recognised by NHSE and awarded the Quality Award. We hold monthly Band 5 development and support groups to aid ongoing CPD learning opportunities. We work closely with our service-user involvement team who support service-users and carers to co-design and co-produce work within the Trust. We have also collaborated with our colleagues from St. George’s Hospital occupational therapy department where we engage in shared learnings. We offer an informal rotation where candidates can gain experience in areas such as acute and urgent care, forensic, rehab, community and other specialist services. Our rotational opportunities are within: - On our specialist rehabilitation in-patient unit - Adult acute wards - An innovative “fast track” preceptorship programme to prepare individuals for community OT roles within our Liaison, Home Treatment and Recovery Support Teams. - Forensic Inpatient Services ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key areas of responsibilities:- - - To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in the hospital setting and on home visits. - To act as the designated ‘Disability Champion’ on the ward, leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required. - To promote recovery and social inclusion. - To contribute to the care pathway from admission through to discharge in keeping with the principles of the team. - To plan for robust, sustainable discharge and aftercare, involving clients and their families in this planning and evaluating the care given. - To contribute, from an occupational therapy perspective, to individual care plans. - To maintain clinical records. - To participate in the acute care forum. - To develop and evaluate the ward’s activity timetable - To supervise junior staff e.g the activity coordinator ### 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** - Fieldwork experience in physical and mental health settings at undergraduate level. - Experience of multidisciplinary working at undergraduate level **Desirable** - Experience of individual & group work - Experience of working as an occupational therapist in an Older Adults team or mental health team - Experience working with adults with Dementia - Experience working with Older adults ### Education, Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy - Registration to practice in UK ## Documents - [jd/ps (docx, 61.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10724089) - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) ## 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.