# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/15117753-27d4-4a6c-8762-62d257a52251 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/15117753-27d4-4a6c-8762-62d257a52251.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Leeds - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term/secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T09:24:28.844Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8061426 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061426?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Discovery programme.  Discovery is a psychological and occupational therapy informed intervention for female and male offenders with personality disorder who are living in the community. Discovery aims to assist service-users in transition from custody to the community, to achieve pro-social community living and to enable effective risk management.  The Discovery team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Offender Managers and Housing and Resettlement.  You will work with service-users to develop occupational therapy formulations, provide occupation-focussed occupational therapy intervention and contribute to overall psychological and risk formulation. ### Main duties of the job You need to have experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary teams with people with complex mental health problems.  You need to be able to demonstrate commitment to delivering theory-led and evidenced-based intervention. The work of Discovery is challenging at both professional and personal levels.  To support this work, the Discovery team actively maintain a reflective and supportive culture.  You will be provided with extensive training and development opportunities and have profession specific supervision. The office base is situated in Leeds.  You will be required to travel by car within the Yorkshire region on a regular basis. Please do contact us for further information ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Job Details We are looking for an Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Discovery programme. Discovery is a psychological and occupational therapy informed intervention for female and male offenders with personality disorder who are living in the community. Discovery aims to assist service-users in transition from custody to the community, to achieve pro-social community living and to enable effective risk management. The Discovery team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Offender Managers and Housing and Resettlement. You will work with service-users to develop occupational therapy formulations, provide occupation-focussed occupational therapy intervention and contribute to overall psychological and risk formulation. ## Job Description You need to have experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary teams with people with complex mental health problems. You need to be able to demonstrate commitment to delivering theory-led and evidenced-based intervention. The work of Discovery is challenging at both professional and personal levels. To support this work, the Discovery team actively maintain a reflective and supportive culture. You will be provided with extensive training and development opportunities and have profession specific supervision. The office base is situated in Leeds. You will be required to travel by car within the Yorkshire region on a regular basis. Please do contact us for further information ## Responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - The ability to provide holistic occupation-focused occupational therapy to offenders with ‘personality disorder’. ### Values **Desirable** - Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. - Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. - Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Have an understanding of the importance of the therapeutic relationship in working with people complex mental health problems and the ability to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people with personality disorder or with people with mental health experience which could be described as akin to personality disorder or with people with complex mental health / psychological problems ### Qualifications **Essential** - Have masters, degree or diploma level of Occupational Therapy qualification and registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) ## Documents - [job description (docx, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351731) - [person specification (docx, 55.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351732) - [reasonable adjustments (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2928) - [guide to values based recruitment (pdf, 498.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2929) ## 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.