# Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** West London NHS Trust
- **Town:** Southall
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-14T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31T07:20:41.072Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Ealing/West_London_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapist/Occupational_Therapist-v8195365
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8195365?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you ready to take the next step in your Occupational Therapy career?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Occupational Therapist who is passionate about recovery-focused person-centred care to join our Mental Health Integrated Network Team (MINT) providing community based care in Ealing. This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist looking to develop into a confident senior clinician while making a meaningful difference to the lives of people experiencing mental health challenges.

Whether you already have community mental health experience or are looking to build on your existing skills, this role offers the support, supervision and development opportunities to help you thrive. You will work alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams, managing your own clinical caseload while developing specialist skills in assessment, intervention and recovery-focused practice.

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join MINT our Community Mental Health Service. You will manage a varied clinical caseload of adults aged 18–65 with a range of mental health conditions, delivering high-quality, person-centred occupational therapy and care coordination interventions that promote recovery, independence and meaningful participation in daily life.

Your key responsibilities will include:

- Managing a defined caseload, undertaking comprehensive occupational therapy assessments and developing evidence-based, client-centred intervention plans using sound clinical reasoning.
- Completing initial assessments, contributing to risk assessments, crisis plans and care plans, and participating in ongoing care coordination where appropriate.
- Supporting service users and their carers to develop personalised goals and implementing trauma informed approaches that maximise occupational performance and social inclusion.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Mental health diagnoses/presentations
- Ability to articulate and apply relevant experience to mental health setting
- Awareness of need to work within appropriate boundaries
- Relevant current legislation, NICE guidelines, CPA, risk assessment and risk management
- Evidence of post-qualified training in Mental Health

**Desirable**

- Use of Model of Human Occupation
- Clinical/case supervision training

### Experience

**Essential**

- Achieved Band 5 OT KSF sub-set
- Achieved full KSF outline for Band 5 OT
- Application of core OT skills and OT process

**Desirable**

- Involvement in research and clinical audit
- Experience of supervision of students and staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
- HCPC Registration

## Documents

- [jd & ps (pdf, 418.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10500528)
- [oh requirements (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3067)
- [occupational health requirements (pdf, 376.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3003)

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