# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/91bf3f02-e3ad-4ab7-a0b3-9e0f721957fc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/91bf3f02-e3ad-4ab7-a0b3-9e0f721957fc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T09:52:44.715Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8322425 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8322425?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you B6 Occupational Therapist who wants to develop their skills and experience working with people with Complex Psychosis in the Norwich, North and South Norfolk area? Are you passionate about teamwork and making a positive difference in people's lives? We'd love for you to join us working in our Rehabilitation for Complex Psychosis community mental health team based at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich. Our Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Community Mental Health Team is seeking an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about empowering service users with complex needs to achieve their Recovery goals. This role includes care coordination, with a low caseload and also time for profession specific tasks. We are a multi-agency team based at Hellesdon Hospital, specialising in creative engagement, person-centred working and supporting people who face many different challenges in their daily life work towards recovery. Staff in the team social workers from Norfolk County Council, Recovery workers and Peer support workers from Together, Substance Misuse Practitioners from Change Grow Live, as well as Occupational Therapists, Medical staff, Nursing staff, Administrators, Physician Associate and Psychologists employed by NSFT. ### Main duties of the job You will have supervision from a Clinical Lead AHP (Occupational Therapist) in a multi disciplinary team including a dedicated Occupational Therapist, Community Mental Health Nurses, Peer Support Workers, Senior Support Workers, CGL and Social Workers. This is a clinically focussed post with emphasis on ensuring high quality clinical care provision and outcomes. We work with people in their own homes, residential care and supported living settings as well as, on occasion, in-reaching to people who are in a mental health hospital bed. This is a team which strongly values the unique contribution of Occupational Therapy alongside our other disciplines. We see Occupational Therapy as pivotal in helping service users identify and overcome the barriers which prevent them from living the lives they want to live. This caseload holding role offers many opportunities to maintaining your core skills, such as low caseloads, supervision with an AHP lead, development networks, regularly hosting OT students, and support to undertake OT specific assessments and treatments. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too. The team works with around ninety service users based in Norwich, North Norfolk and South Norfolk. The team is part of the local community transformation programme and will have a focus on improving the lives of adults with complex enduring psychosis , as detailed in the NICE guidance for Rehabilitation (NG181) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists Standards for Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Services. We look forward to an Occupational Therapist joining our friendly and creative team, please contact us for more information on the role. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel independently. - Undertake physical intervention training and remain trained in techniques, as required by role ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to deliver OT assessment / treatment with designated client group. - Ability to work under pressure managing own caseload and effective prioritisation **Desirable** - Experience of assessing and prescribing equipment. ### Experience **Essential** - Post registration experience in mental health - Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience **Desirable** - Experience working in a range of mental health settings. ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc/MSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy - Experience of working with groups of people - Ability to work both independently and under supervision **Desirable** - Relevant post graduate training courses ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [senior occupational therapist (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10644192) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## 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.