Senior Occupational Therapist Mental Health

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, welcoming and supportive inpatient Occupational Therapy Team at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit. The successful post holder will work within our mental health wards, with opportunities to provide cross-cover and specialist input across our acute, PICU and Forensic services, supported by the wider Occupational Therapy team. This is an ideal opportunity for an Occupational Therapist who has experience within mental health services and is looking to further develop their specialist clinical skills, leadership abilities and contribution to service development within inpatient care. As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will hold a specialist caseload and be responsible for delivering high-quality occupational therapy assessments, interventions and discharge planning for adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties. You will utilise advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to support individuals in identifying and achieving meaningful occupational goals throughout their recovery journey. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and provide specialist occupational therapy input within clinical decision-making, care planning and risk management processes.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a Specialist Occupational Therapist within acute inpatient mental health services, delivering high-quality, evidence-based occupational therapy assessments and interventions for adults of working age experiencing acute mental health difficulties. The service supports individuals whose distress may be expressed in a variety of ways and is understood within the context of their lived experiences, neurodiversity and social determinants of health. You will be professionally and clinically accountable for managing a specialist caseload, undertaking comprehensive occupational therapy assessments, formulating intervention plans, evaluating outcomes and facilitating safe, recovery-focused discharge planning. You will demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning and autonomous decision-making within complex and dynamic clinical environments. Your practice will be rooted in the principles of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act (including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards), safeguarding legislation and NHS policy, ensuring care is lawful, ethical and person-centred. You will work in alignment with the NHS Long Term Plan, promoting recovery, reducing restrictive practices and supporting least restrictive therapeutic environments. You will adopt a trauma-informed, neuro-affirming and strengths-based approach, recognising the impact of trauma, adversity and systemic inequalities.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details

• Date posted: 15 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 007006
• Job locations: Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE3 9EJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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