# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/2df61dbf-1817-407a-8795-b9d9228dfdfd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/2df61dbf-1817-407a-8795-b9d9228dfdfd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday Working) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-01T19:02:15.045Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapist_band/Occupational_Therapist_band-v8125781 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8125781?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a registered Occupational Therapist seeking a new challenge? Oxfordshire’s Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) provides patient-centred, intensive, short-term mental health support to people experiencing acute crisis, offering a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission. Care is delivered in people’s homes and communities, supporting recovery in the least restrictive environment. This is a time to join the service as we continue to expand and develop its urgent care offer across Oxfordshire. We are seeking a motivated and compassionate full-time Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused crisis care. As an Occupational Therapist within CRHTT, you will deliver short-term, intensive, recovery-focused occupational therapy interventions to adults experiencing acute mental health crisis. You will work with individuals and their families in the least restrictive setting possible, supporting engagement in meaningful activity and promoting independence, wellbeing and recovery. ### Main duties of the job - Complete occupational therapy screenings and assessments for service users experiencing acute mental health crisis, identifying occupational performance strengths and difficulties. - Plan and deliver time-limited, goal-focused occupational therapy interventions in collaboration with service users, using graded activity and evidence-based approaches to support recovery. - Manage a designated caseload under the supervision of senior occupational therapy colleagues, addressing areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. - Contribute occupational therapy expertise to multidisciplinary assessments, care planning and reviews, ensuring care is delivered in the least restrictive and most supportive way. - Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families, ensuring their needs, preferences and strengths are reflected in care planning and intervention delivery. - Use occupational therapy models, including the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), and appropriate standardised and non-standardised assessment tools to inform intervention. ### 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. ## Job Details Are you a registered Occupational Therapist seeking a new challenge? Oxfordshire’s Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) provides patient-centred, intensive, short-term mental health support to people experiencing acute crisis, offering a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission. Care is delivered in people’s homes and communities, supporting recovery in the least restrictive environment. This is a time to join the service as we continue to expand and develop its urgent care offer across Oxfordshire. We are seeking a motivated and compassionate full-time Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused crisis care. As an Occupational Therapist within CRHTT, you will deliver short-term, intensive, recovery-focused occupational therapy interventions to adults experiencing acute mental health crisis. You will work with individuals and their families in the least restrictive setting possible, supporting engagement in meaningful activity and promoting independence, wellbeing and recovery. ## Job Description Complete occupational therapy screenings and assessments for service users experiencing acute mental health crisis, identifying occupational performance strengths and difficulties. Plan and deliver time-limited, goal-focused occupational therapy interventions in collaboration with service users, using graded activity and evidence-based approaches to support recovery. Manage a designated caseload under the supervision of senior occupational therapy colleagues, addressing areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. Contribute occupational therapy expertise to multidisciplinary assessments, care planning and reviews, ensuring care is delivered in the least restrictive and most supportive way. Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families, ensuring their needs, preferences and strengths are reflected in care planning and intervention delivery. Use occupational therapy models, including the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), and appropriate standardised and non-standardised assessment tools to inform intervention. ## 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. ## Person Specification ### Experiance **Essential** - Evidence of completion of broad range of clinical placements - Evidence of working within a multi disciplinary team ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered occupational Therapist including registration with HCPC - Evidence of continuing professional development ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team - Good Interpersonal skills ### Knowledge and Skill **Essential** - Working knowledge of clinical record keeping systems and governance - Evidence of ability to work with complex/challenging patient/families ## Documents - [occupational therapist band 5 (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10422514) - [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.