Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-8081590
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 4th Floor, Gerald Russell Unit, Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit,
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, we believe in providing excellent care which is delivered with pride and compassion. Everything we do is to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all.
To manage a caseload of clients with eating disorders and complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To provide leadership for students and / or junior staff, through supervision and appraisal. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT / MDT services, holding responsibility for defined projects. To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
Main duties of the job
To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To work with service users in a way which actively promotes their social inclusion and recovery.
To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to / implement core decisions with regards to service users care programmes
To demonstrate the ability to / undertake to initiate, plan and implement the induction, training and education of students and other staff
To actively participate in and be responsible for relevant planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within service area and corporate OT as required.
Co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff, Technical Instructors and volunteer staff where applicable.
To engage in and develop or broaden research skills through involvement in local audit and research projects.
Working for our organisation
The Adult Eating Disorders Service at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is nationally and internationally recognised for excellence in clinical care, teaching and research.
The Gerald Russell Unit is an 18-bedded specialist inpatient unit providing assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders requiring inpatient care. The service accepts referrals from both local and national pathways and provides care for patients with significant psychiatric and medical complexity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
To manage a caseload as agreed with Head OT / Team Lead Ward Manager and Lead Occupational Therapist
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the service users physical and social environment as needed.
To work with service users in a way which actively promotes their social inclusion and recovery.
To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary
To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to / implement core decisions with regards to service users care programmes
To undertake the professional supervision and appraisal of junior staff as delegated by a senior member of staff
To demonstrate the ability to / undertake to initiate, plan and implement the induction, training and education of students and other staff
To actively participate in and be responsible for relevant planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within service area and corporate OT as required.
Co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff, Technical Instructors and volunteer staff where applicable.
To engage in and develop or broaden research skills through involvement in local audit and research projects.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration clinical experience as an OT including individual and group work
- Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)
- Experience of supervising junior staff and students
Desirable criteria
- Experience of meal support for those with an eating disorder.
- Experience of specialist Mental Health settings – eating disorders
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- Membership of OT professional body and / or special interest group
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group.
- Skills required to understand the dynamics of a team and have the ability to work effectively within that
- Ability to manage own workload / work autonomously and determine priorities
- Effective / high level verbal and written communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Training and facilitation skills
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ian Ssenyonga
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07849734111
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