Adult Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist in London

Would you like to work in an innovative team, where there is a strong focus on staff development and delivering high quality care? We are looking for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our well-established, diverse team. We want you to bring your unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to our OT team as diversity makes us stronger.

The Adult Community Mental Health Hubs serves the diverse and vibrant population with secondary mental health needs and severe and enduring mental health needs. The Hubs consist of medical staff, nurses, peer support workers, employment specialists and psychology/psychotherapy staff. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop and co-facilitate groups as part of the psychosocial Hub offer.

We are located in Uxbridge and a 10-minute walk from the Town Centre. The nearest underground station is Uxbridge Underground (Piccadilly and Metropolitan Lines) or West Drayton Train Station.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in community mental health. The role is full-time, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm with an option to work up to two days a week remotely.

• To work as an OT in the Adult Community Mental Health Hub, providing a high quality service to service users.
• To provide OT assessments and intervention for service users under the care of the team, both in healthcare environments and people's homes.
• To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
• To provide evidence-based group interventions.
• To manage a caseload and be an allocated Named Worker autonomously.
• To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.

The team will provide you with a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services. We have invested fully in our Band 5s development through robust supervision, a preceptorship programme and internal training. Success at preceptorship enables further training to become an educator for OT students. Career development opportunities are available and many of our Band 5s who choose to stay with us in senior posts.

There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in-house CPD opportunities. CNWL has a long-established professional structure including a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust-wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL; we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities. Hillingdon has a wide range of resources and OTs work closely with services to support participation in the community. We work closely with our Adult Social Care and Voluntary Sector partners in our Borough.

• Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Work or placement experience in a mental health setting

• Professional Body membership with RCoT and involvement in RCoT communities
• Training/experience in psychosocial interventions and other relevant training

• Experience in a mental health setting (voluntary or paid)
• Experience of group facilitation
• Application of core OT skills and processes

• Can demonstrate an application of the OT process
• Demonstrates reflective practice
• Demonstrates patient-centred practice
• Ability to prioritise workload/use own initiative
• Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach
• Ability to build constructive working relationships
• Clear understanding of the assessment process and use of OT assessment tools

• Can demonstrate clinical reasoning skills
• Knowledge of speciality conditions (e.g., SMI)
• Understanding of Professional standards and conduct
• Knowledge of OT theory related to practice

• Conducts and presents self in a professional manner
• Good understanding of EDI
• Knowledge of clinical governance and health & safety
• Excellent time management and organisational skills

• Ability to travel to see service users in the community and in their home environment

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Mill House, 38 Riverside Way, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 2YF.