Occupational Therapist

Job overview

We’re offering an exciting opportunity to be part of our redesigned psychosis service, delivering evidence-based pathways and support for Greenwich 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 these new pathways. If you’re passionate about recovery, inclusion, and empowering people to thrive, we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

About the Role

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.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Brings extensive experience in mental health and a strong commitment to recovery and social inclusion.
• Is passionate about integrating OT models of practice and outcome measures into everyday work.
• Thrives in a collaborative environment and is motivated to make a meaningful difference.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To manage a clinical caseload of identified psychosis pathway service users with complex needs.
• To work as a member of a clinical multi-disciplinary team.
• To work independently as a lone practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To support the development of evidence based OT practice within Psychosis Services.
• To provided assessment and interventions related to:
• Social Inclusion activities.
• ADL
• Occupational roles and activity
• To feed into the development of standards of practice within Psychosis Services.
• To regularly oversee the work of junior staff and supervise OT students on practice placement.
• To contribute to service development.
• To participate in research/audit activities.
• 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.