# 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/3ca4c2a7-1a5e-4274-a968-b7751334555d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/3ca4c2a7-1a5e-4274-a968-b7751334555d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T11:01:12.273Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Teddington/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Integrated_Recovery_Hub/Integrated_Recovery_Hub-v8062080 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8062080?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This satisfying and rewarding role, sits within the Community Service Line, which includes all community based mental health teams, such as our Integrated Recovery Hubs, Recovery and Support Teams and Early Intervention services. Our teams are expanding with new and exciting roles following a period of Transformation, resulting in new opportunities for Occupational Therapists (OTs) to work as pure OTs, fully using their innovation and creativity, to support clients with complex mental health needs to recover and step down from Mental Health Services. The post involves working closely with our colleagues in the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), in particular, working with Recovery Support Workers and Employment Specialists, with whom we have a close professional relationship, invested in supporting clients with their occupational goals. We are committed to offering an excellent service and actively promote Occupational Therapy within the teams. The OT will also promote working with our partners in the Involvement Team, to encourage service users and carers to feel supported and involved in the development with our services, as well as developing relationships with wider and external community organisations, such as social prescribers and peer support workers. ### Main duties of the job The Occupational Therapy team across the Trust is well managed with a thought through leadership structure. OTs joining the Trust, have commented favourably about the accessibility and responsiveness of senior OT managers, who are committed to developing and supporting staff. We also have a dedicated Allied Health Professional Workforce team and Practice Development team. As such, we can offer: - Good quality and regular supervision and appraisals - Evidence- based practice to ensure the clinical effectiveness of our interventions. - A menu of high-quality OT interventions, which deliver consistency and clarity across the Community Service line. - A centralised online system to access MOHO manuals and assessments, and helpful guidance to support staff with building confidence is using MOHO tools. - Quarterly learning events for OTs. Recent events have included sensory profiling, vocational work and dynamic ways of utilising the Model of Human Occupation, focusing on volition and motivation. - Special interest peer supervision groups for sensory profiling and physical health/equipment assessments. - Regular forums for Community OTs, to discuss professional development and to keep updated with relevant business matters. - Regular organised opportunities to discuss career progression with senior members of the OT management team. - A supportive Preceptorship / Preceptorship Plus programme for developing OTs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide Occupational Therapy for team clients, with a maximum of one day duty cover for the team once every two weeks. - To manage an OT caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. - To take responsibility for completing standardised assessments using The Model of Human Occupation and other frameworks as agreed by the Therapy Leads. - To offer manualised interventions, both group and individual for example, GLOW (Graduated Living Outside of the Ward) and IPEL (Increasing Participation in Everyday Life) to help support step down of services for clients and preparation for discharge. - To offer Sensory Profiling/interventions for clients with sensory challenges. - To offer advice to the team and promote access and reasonable adjustments for Service Users with sensory challenges wishing to use our services. - To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within the Community Team, holding responsibility for defined projects. - To engage with the OT referrals process, identifying and prioritising the need for OT specific interventions. - To provide leadership to junior staff through supervision and appraisal. - To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement (expected standard is two students per year). - To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision to the Recovery Support Workers and engage in co-working pathways. - To promote Recovery and Social Inclusion, working alongside the Involvement Team to actively promote service-user engagement and co-production. - To work with the Employment Specialist to enhance the vocational pathway. - To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service - To contribute to streamline working from admission to discharge in keeping with the principles in the Adult Services Recovery Care pathway. - To advocate for and promote the contribution of occupational therapy as a valuable resource with helping people to manage the impact of their symptoms on their ability to cope with daily occupations. ## Job Details This satisfying and rewarding role, sits within the Community Service Line, which includes all community based mental health teams, such as our Integrated Recovery Hubs, Recovery and Support Teams and Early Intervention services. Our teams are expanding with new and exciting roles following a period of Transformation, resulting in new opportunities for Occupational Therapists (OTs) to work as pure OTs, fully using their innovation and creativity, to support clients with complex mental health needs to recover and step down from Mental Health Services. The post involves working closely with our colleagues in the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), in particular, working with Recovery Support Workers and Employment Specialists, with whom we have a close professional relationship, invested in supporting clients with their occupational goals. We are committed to offering an excellent service and actively promote Occupational Therapy within the teams. The OT will also promote working with our partners in the Involvement Team, to encourage service users and carers to feel supported and involved in the development with our services, as well as developing relationships with wider and external community organisations, such as social prescribers and peer support workers. ## Job Description The Occupational Therapy team across the Trust is well managed with a thought through leadership structure. OTs joining the Trust, have commented favourably about the accessibility and responsiveness of senior OT managers, who are committed to developing and supporting staff. We also have a dedicated Allied Health Professional Workforce team and Practice Development team. As such, we can offer: Good quality and regular supervision and appraisals Evidence- based practice to ensure the clinical effectiveness of our interventions. A menu of high-quality OT interventions, which deliver consistency and clarity across the Community Service line. A centralised online system to access MOHO manuals and assessments, and helpful guidance to support staff with building confidence is using MOHO tools. Quarterly learning events for OTs. Recent events have included sensory profiling, vocational work and dynamic ways of utilising the Model of Human Occupation, focusing on volition and motivation. Special interest peer supervision groups for sensory profiling and physical health/equipment assessments. Regular forums for Community OTs, to discuss professional development and to keep updated with relevant business matters. Regular organised opportunities to discuss career progression with senior members of the OT management team. A supportive Preceptorship / Preceptorship Plus programme for developing OTs. ## Responsibilities To provide Occupational Therapy for team clients, with a maximum of one day duty cover for the team once every two weeks. To manage an OT caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To take responsibility for completing standardised assessments using The Model of Human Occupation and other frameworks as agreed by the Therapy Leads. To offer manualised interventions, both group and individual for example, GLOW (Graduated Living Outside of the Ward) and IPEL (Increasing Participation in Everyday Life) to help support step down of services for clients and preparation for discharge. To offer Sensory Profiling/interventions for clients with sensory challenges. To offer advice to the team and promote access and reasonable adjustments for Service Users with sensory challenges wishing to use our services. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within the Community Team, holding responsibility for defined projects. To engage with the OT referrals process, identifying and prioritising the need for OT specific interventions. To provide leadership to junior staff through supervision and appraisal. To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement (expected standard is two students per year). To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision to the Recovery Support Workers and engage in co-working pathways. To promote Recovery and Social Inclusion, working alongside the Involvement Team to actively promote service-user engagement and co-production. To work with the Employment Specialist to enhance the vocational pathway. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service To contribute to streamline working from admission to discharge in keeping with the principles in the Adult Services Recovery Care pathway. To advocate for and promote the contribution of occupational therapy as a valuable resource with helping people to manage the impact of their symptoms on their ability to cope with daily occupations. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of carrying a caseload in a mental health setting - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team - Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development - Experience of individual and groupwork - Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports **Desirable** - Successful completion of preceptorship - Experience of being a practice placement educator ### Education, Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy - Registration to practice in the UK - Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice - Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment **Desirable** - Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment - Apple registration ### Knowledge and Skills - Communication **Essential** - Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs - Proficient standard of written communication skills ### Knowledge and Skills - Health, Safety & Security **Essential** - Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health, safety & security of self, service user & members of the public - Ability to monitor work areas & practices to maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment. ### Knowledge and Skills - Personal and People Development **Essential** - Ability to role model positive professional behaviour **Desirable** - Ability to deliver presentations ## Documents - [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) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352419) ## 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.