Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Shift work 24/7 service)
- Job ref
- 380-EK472
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Martins Hospital Site
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
Band 6
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Here are some clips of our Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to bring a holistic, recovery-focused perspective to our dynamic multidisciplinary care team (MDT). In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex service user needs and innovative, life-changing care plans.
We offer a supportive environment where you are trusted to work autonomously, advocate for your profession, and mentor junior team members—all while continuously developing your own specialist skill set in a fast-paced, deeply rewarding clinical setting.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Excellence & Case Management
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Complex Caseload Management: Manage a defined caseload of service users with complex needs using evidence-based, service user-centred, hope and recovery-oriented principles.
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Assessment & Formulation: Conduct comprehensive assessments, analysing and interpreting information to form accurate formulations of function, strengths, capabilities, and occupational needs.
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Collaborative Intervention: Partner with service users, carers, and staff to co-create goals and recovery plans that maximise occupational engagement and independence while balancing risk.
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Outcome Evaluation: Continuously monitor, evaluate, and adapt therapeutic interventions to measure progress and ensure the best possible service user outcomes and experience
Leadership, Quality & Supervision
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Clinical Leadership: Demonstrate leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives.
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Staff Development: Provide high-quality supervision and mentorship to designated junior staff and students.
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Working for our organisation
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Professional Advocacy & Service Contribution
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Champion Occupational Therapy: Keep an occupational focus at the centre of practice while promoting the value of Occupational Therapy across the service.
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MDT Collaboration: Work seamlessly both as an autonomous practitioner and as a collaborative team member, responding flexibly to competing clinical demands.
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Advanced Practice: Apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate with a higher level of professional practice to support service requirements.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- A recognised Occupational Therapist professional qualification
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
- Experience of delivering and clinical supervision
- Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place
Desirable criteria
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Teams and RIO, and to access Internet resources
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Pope
- Job title
- Interim Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07912666962
- Additional information
Julie Gilmartin Interim Senior practitiioner
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