# Specialist Occupational Therapist/ Band 6

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Farnham Road Hospital (Mental Health Unit)
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Period of cover due to end July 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T10:26:08.277Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Epsom/Surrey_Borders_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8352333
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8352333?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sabp.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide fixed-term maternity leave cover in our Epsom Community Mental Heath Recovery Service (CMHRS).

We offer high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessments, interventions and consultations to enable people who access the CMHRS to reach their full potential.

We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions.

The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to offering extensive, co-ordinated CPD programmes including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference.

### Main duties of the job

- To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.
- To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.
- To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.
- To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate)
- To provide occupational therapy student placements.
- To contribute to service development and audits.
- To take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job description for more information about the main job role responsibilities.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Relevant and proven post qualification clinical experience
- Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
- Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
- Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
- Evidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
- Evidence of clinical reasoning skills

### Based on JD

**Essential**

- OT professional qualification
- HCPC registration
- UK driving licence and access to car for work purposes.

**Desirable**

- Experience of group facilitation
- Completion of Practice Placement Educators course
- Experience of supervising students on placement
- Experience of contributing to service development/ project work
- Experience of working in adult mental health services
- Experience of working in the community

## Documents

- [vacancy links (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2727)
- [carers information (pdf, 604.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2716)
- [pension scheme booklet (pdf, 5.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3102)
- [conflict of interest - esr (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3101)
- [sabp competency profile map (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2714)
- [mindful employer information (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2715)
- [benefits of nhs pension scheme (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2717)
- [b6 occupational therapist nmh 2026 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10677821)

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