Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-BM7851092
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sue Nicholls Centre
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
(Part-time) Senior Occupational Therapist - CAMHS Eating Disorders
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
The Senior Occupational Therapist position in Aylesbury/High Wycombe is a unique opportunity for a band 7 clinician to lead the Occupational Therapy within the CAMHS Eating Disorder service.
This role involves providing high-quality specialist clinical care to children and young people with eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating, and Atypical Eating Disorders. The position requires a multidisciplinary team approach, with collaboration with a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrist, Family Therapist, Nursing staff, Assistant Psychologists, and a Dietitian.
The service aims to deliver outstanding services to the children and young people in the Buckinghamshire catchment area and is part of a life span service with good links to Adult ED Services. The role includes a hybrid working approach, with some flexibility of home working.
Please note this role is part-time working 26.25 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
- To contribute to specialist multidisciplinary mental health assessment and treatment for children and young people with eating disorders.
- To directly provide therapy, assessment, consultation and treatment, taking responsibility for managing own caseload, while sharing case responsibility and treatment care with professionals from the multidisciplinary team and across partnership agencies.
- To liaise and provide consultation to professionals working with children and young people with eating disorders.
- To contribute to audit and research programmes to evaluate and improve therapy and service provision for children and young people with eating disorders.
- To be responsible for supporting the clinical team in implementing directorate and Trust initiatives at service level and for playing a key role in monitoring and evaluating the quality of care delivered locally.
- To take a leading role in the development and provision of occupational therapy within the CAMHS Eating Disorder service.
- To enhance and coordinate occupational therapy student placements.
- To develop networks and liaise with community paediatric and inpatient occupational therapy.
- To support the deliverance of comprehensive therapeutic occupational therapy interventions and activity and exercise programmes.
- To act as a key worker for children and young people within the CAMHS Eating Disorder team.
- To provide supervision to other professionals.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Develop and provide a high standard of occupational therapy assessment and treatment for patients referred to the service, including the use of OT models of practice and standardised assessment tools, whilst using enhanced clinical skills.
- Utilising knowledge and skills for interpretation and analysis of patient needs.
- Hold responsibility for a defined clinical caseload as agreed with the Operational Lead.
- To provide specialist clinical assessments, formulation, intervention and review, and where appropriate CPA for children and young people with eating disorders.
- Ability to use an integration of theoretical frameworks, and evidence-based practice, to formulate clinical practice.
- To use and participate in treatment approaches such as FBT, CBT-E, CBT-T etc., as agreed with the Operational Lead.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for children and young people and to provide general advice to other professionals on aspects of risk assessment and management.
- Assessing risk in collaboration with the patient and their carers where appropriate, other workers/professionals, alongside use of own professional judgement and team process. This involves exploring an individual’s risk of harm to themselves and/or others and may involve working with challenging, hostile and distressing behaviour.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapist, educated at degree level.
- Registered with relevant professional body with active registration.
- Therapeutic qualifications e.g. IAPT, CBT, CBT-E. FBT.
Desirable criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired at Masters or equivalent level.
- Membership to specialist RCOT section.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To have a working knowledge of mental health reforms and legislation e.g. Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
- Comprehensive understanding of safeguarding policy and processes.
- Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
- To have knowledge and understanding of the research process.
- Understanding of sensory needs and impact on engagement.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at Band 6 level, or equivalent.
- Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental health problems, their families and carers.
- Experience of working in the community.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with children and young people with neurodiversity.
- Experience of working with eating disorder patients.
- Experience of caseload management of complex cases.
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
- Kirsty MacDonald
- Job title
- Operational Lead (Team Manager)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 901951
- Additional information
Rachel Bailey
AHP Lead
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