# Senior Occupational Therapist Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-mental-health/ebf0d46e-d321-490c-8b68-a99c2515221a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-mental-health/ebf0d46e-d321-490c-8b68-a99c2515221a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Leicester - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-05T11:28:24.750Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9313-26-0351 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=7215&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment! 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. ### 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. ### 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: 05 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 007200 - Job locations: Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Glenfield, Leicester, Leicester, LE3 9EJ, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto “Apply for this job” and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Mobility **Essential** - The candidate must be able to use their own transport or a suitable alternative for the purpose of this post. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for domiciliary roles. ### Experience **Essential** - Professional approach - Demonstrates initiative - Flexible approach - Evidence of multidisciplinary teamwork - Ability to take a lead and work in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of Therapy Services in Clinical Care Pathways. - Demonstrate confidence in own abilities relevant to post and experience - Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance - Ability to identify, provide and promote support to patients and carers. - Ability to identify, provide and promote support to all members of the Therapy Service. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy - Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council - Additional specialist post-graduate training relevant to clinical area ### Trust Behaviours **Essential** - Valuing one another - Recognising and valuing people’s differences - Working together - Taking personal responsibility - Always learning and improving ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Ability to use own initiative to provide information and support to other staff - Ability to work autonomously to prioritise own workload and delegating where appropriate - Experience of teaching/passing on skills in formal and informal environments - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Understanding of the role of the Occupational Therapist in the specialist area and the treatment interventions available. - Experience of working as an Occupational Therapist in relevant area or has transferable skills - Demonstrate sound understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance, its application and risk - Knowledge of relevant legislation/issues impacting upon services. - Knowledge/understanding and skills in demonstrating the OT process. - Understanding of Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics - Experience of research/audit/quality improvement - Experience of supervising Junior Staff, Students and/or Support Staff - Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development s ### Standard Requirements **Essential** - Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles - Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection - Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides) ## Documents - [Information for applicant (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=21971&JobId=7215) - [Band 6 Occupational Therapy Job Specification & Job description (PDF, KB)](https://www.jobs.leicspart.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=21972&JobId=7215) ## 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.