Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Join us in shaping the future of recovery-focused care!

Are you a passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? We’re looking for dynamic Band 6 OTs to join our mental health inpatient teams — and help us build a service that truly puts recovery and co-production at its heart.

In this exciting role, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking, supportive AHP team committed to delivering innovative, person-centred care. You’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire others, helping to develop OT staff from a range of backgrounds, while shaping how we deliver meaningful interventions across our four hospital sites.

We’re proud to work in partnership with our lived experience consultants, co-producing therapeutic activities and approaches that make a real difference. Our teams are solution-focused, enthusiastic, and always striving to improve through Quality Improvement projects and creative practice.

Main duties of the job

We’re looking for someone who:

Has experience in mental health and is passionate about recovery-focused practice

Enjoys leading, supervising, and supporting others to grow and develop

Is confident in using MOHO and open to exploring other models of practice

Values working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary colleagues — including Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists, Nurses, and Medical teams

In return, you’ll join a team that values your ideas, supports your development, and celebrates innovation. You’ll be part of a network of Band 6 OTs across all our inpatient units — ensuring service users receive an equitable, high-quality experience wherever they are.

This is your chance to make a tangible impact, to shape services, and to grow as a professional leader in mental health occupational therapy.

If you’re ready to bring your energy, creativity, and leadership to a team that’s redefining what recovery-focused inpatient care can be — we’d love to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the information listed above, the ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent communication skills in regular contacts with service users, families and carers as well as other professionals.
• Experience of working closely with Multi-Disciplinary Teams, as well as wider inter-agency teams.
• Compassion, Empathy and a Caring approach with every interaction, in line with the Trust’s behaviours.
• A detailed knowledge of the ‘Model of Human Occupation’ as well as ‘Occupational Formulation’, and experience of using this in practice.
• A flexible approach to the post, both in relation to engaging service users, but also to support the service in meeting its needs.
• Enable and empower service users through clinical work, as well as fellow staff and students through facilitating supervisions.