Job summary
- Main area
- Early Intervention Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-7445943-JB
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Wilson Hopsital
- Town
- Mitcham
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 per annum Inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 6
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced band 6 OT who wishes to work in an integrated manner at the Merton & Sutton Early Intervention Service. This exciting role presents the opportunity to work in a supportive team, holding an OT caseload with a smaller care coordination caseload, providing specific OT recovery focused assessment and treatment to adults with first-episode psychosis. For the right candidate we will also consider an experienced Band 5 OT, willing to undertake a defined period of development, working towards a Band 6, as part of our preceptorship plus programme.
Our priority is to work collaboratively with clients, offering time-limited recovery focused interventions, supporting individuals to maintain their roles and functioning and to develop strategies for managing their symptoms.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will develop a consistent approach with evidence-based practice and expertise interventions in line with the transformation agenda, facilitating independence and actively working towards discharge. These include:
- Standardised ADL assessments based on the MOHO
- GLOW (Graduated Living Outside of the Ward), a specialist 1:1 stepped-intensity intervention delivered over a period of 16 sessions.
- Occupationally focussed anxiety management group
- Sensory profiling and recommendations
The successful candidate will be offered professional supervision from their Lead Occupational Therapist to focus on their development, and line management supervision from their team manager. You will work collaboratively with other members of the MDT including psychology, employment specialists and recovery support workers.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To provide Occupational Therapy five days a week with 1-2 days duty cover in the team every month.
• To manage an OT caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To manage a small care coordination caseload of clients.
• To take responsibility for completing standardised assessments using The Model of Human Occupation and other frameworks as agreed by the Therapy Leads.
• To offer manualised interventions, both group and individual for example, GLOW (Graduated Living Outside of the Ward) and IPEL (Increasing Participation in Everyday Life)
• To offer Sensory Profiling to clients with sensory challenges.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within the Community Team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
• To engage with the OT referrals process, identifying and prioritising the need for OT specific interventions.
• To provide leadership to junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
• To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement (expected standard is two students per year).
• To provide professional leadership to the Recovery Support Workers and engage in co-working pathways.
• To promote recovery and social inclusion.
• To work alongside the Involvement Team to actively promote service-user engagement and co-production.
• To work collaboratively with the Employment Specialist in the team, to enhance a positive vocational outcome for clients.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service
• To contribute to streamline working from admission to discharge in keeping with the principles in the Adult Services Recovery Care pathway.
• To advocate for and promote the contribution of occupational therapy as a valuable resource with helping people to manage the impact of their symptoms on their ability to cope with daily occupations.
• To act as the designated ‘Disability Champion’ leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required.
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK
- Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice
- Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment
- Apple registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of carrying a caseload in a mental health setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
- Experience of individual and groupwork
- Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Successful completion of preceptorship
Knowledge and Skills - Communication
Essential criteria
- Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs
- Proficient standard of written communication skills
- Ability to promote & maintain the profile of OT within an MDT & the wider organisation
Knowledge and Skills - Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to role model positive professional behaviour
Desirable criteria
- Ability to deliver presentations
Knowledge and Skills - Health, Safety & Security
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health, safety & security of self, service user & members of the public
- Ability to monitor work areas & practices to maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment.
Knowledge and Skills - Quality
Essential criteria
- Applied knowledge of current national legislation, policies & guidelines relevant to clinical area
- Good personal management skills in order to manage a clinical caseload & varied workload
- Ability to work effectively within a team and understanding of the importance of collaborative working in the delivery of good quality services
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
- Amy Dilauro
- Job title
- Lead OT for Sutton & Merton
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3513 3958
- Additional information
David Jarrott- Team Manager on [email protected]
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