Job overview

Occupational Therapist posts 

The Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join the team at the Women’s Secure Service to lead the first NWL-wide, female-only Level 2 High Support Rehabilitation service at Melrose ward.

This vacancy has arisen due to new investment from NWL Integrated Care Board because of a growing need for placements for female patients with complex care needs, who are increasingly being placed in independent sector placements- which is socially dislocating and comes at a significant cost to the NHS.

This post is full time within The Orchard, St Bernards Hospital, Ealing- a unit which provides high-quality care for women who have mental illness, or a personality disorder and who need care in a low or medium secure setting.

The post-holder would have an opportunity to join the consultant on-call rota.

Melrose High Support Rehabilitation Ward

Melrose Ward, based at The Orchard Unit, will provide 10 Level 2 specialist mental health rehabilitation beds for women with complex mental health needs particularly where previous placements have been unable to adequately support their recovery. The service will offer trauma-informed, gender sensitive care, with staff trained in the specific needs of women, as well as facilitate family involvement and social inclusion, supporting transitions to community settings.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary

·         Working with multi-disciplinary team members and the wider occupational therapy service. To provide a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users with complex needs non forensic needs, within the wider West London Forensic Services.

·         To actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance.

·         To use evidence-based principles to apply clinical skills and reasoning in occupational therapy, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation which include individual, and group orientated approaches creating educational and vocational pathways directly out of the service.

·         To be a resource for the team, providing, occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative