# Specialist CAMHS Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-camhs-occupational-therapist/687eac7a-cde6-4a00-b23a-5714e28fe922 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-camhs-occupational-therapist/687eac7a-cde6-4a00-b23a-5714e28fe922.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West London NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bernard's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T17:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T09:56:08.507Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8362374 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8362374?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The CAMH Occupational Therapist will work within the intensive treatment community pathway. This is an exciting new development within the team to support young people to remain in the community or to provide consistent support on paediatric wards to support discharge. This role will provide outreach into the young person’s home and to local wards to provide specialist therapeutic support. See recent news piece on the service and the work that they do: Sky News cameras visit CAMHS.mp4 on Vimeo ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment, utilising standardised and non-standardised assessment and interpret a range of complex clinical findings to develop appropriate, treatment plans, intervention and evaluation of the occupational therapy programme that includes risk assessment. Where indicated the post holder will work individually with young people. The post holder will be expected to utilise their OT experience to provide holistic care. The post holder will analyse, grade and adapt individual and group activities to meet the occupational performance, environmental and vocational needs of the young person. The post holder will be responsive to the needs of the young person, within the local setting and use an appropriate range of communication skills to engage service users in the OT process. The post holder will work independently and on their own initiative, co-ordinating with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, multidisciplinary team and the Consultant Team Lead as appropriate and recognising when to draw on the resources of other disciplines. The post holder will have regular contact with the wider AHP community within CAMHS and stay up to date on relevant training. They will contribute to the development of the growing AHP community within CAMHS. When needed, the post holder will provide supervision to other OTs and/or students. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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 ### Knwoledge **Essential** - - Evidence of on-going professional development - - Excellent communication skills - - The ability to present and communicate complex information - - Ability to communicate and relate well to children, young people parents and carers - - Knowledge of relevant legislation - - Understanding of the dynamics of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team working - - Understanding of the value of service user involvement and participation in all aspects of care and in the planning and the development of services - - A good understanding of and ability to uses clinical supervision and reflective practice - - Awareness and knowledge of factors specifically relating to O.T. within the community and CAMHS - - Demonstrated application of Risk Assessment and management in clinical practice **Desirable** - - Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families - - A thorough understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people - - An understanding of local and national issues relating to children’s development and mental health - - Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage children, young people and families ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstratable post registration experience in mental health - Advanced knowledge and skills in OT assessment and intervention within a mental health setting. - Experience of working in a number of clinical settings. - Experience of interagency and multidisciplinary working - Experience of assessing risk and contributing to risk management plans. - Experience of working with children and young people - Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working - Experience of teaching other professionals **Desirable** - Experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, young people and their families within a mental health setting - Experience of audit and/or research - Experience of contributing to and implementing new service developments ### Qualifications **Essential** - - BSc Occupational Therapy (or equivalent). - - Training in working with people who are experiencing mental ill health. - - Current Registration with Health and Care Professions Council. **Desirable** - - Post registration training in CAMHS - - Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice - - Experience of working with eating disorders - - Leadership training ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 664.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10689165) - [oh requirements (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3067) - [occupational health requirements (pdf, 376.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3003) ## 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.