Specialist Occupational Therapist | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Overview

Working in collaboration with the individual, the team and significant others to empower and support the recovery of people who are experiencing an acute or crisis episode of mental ill health, requiring an inpatient stay.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Understand their difficulties, abilities and needs
• Optimise their health, ability and experience
• Support their discharge and ongoing recovery
• Undertake both holistic and specific (e.g. functional, sensory) occupational assessment of physical and mental health and wellbeing needs.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate effective and evidence based occupational therapy interventions.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the therapeutic ward community and environment, embracing current clinical initiatives i.e. Sensory Friendly, Trauma Informed practices.
• Establish relationships and collaborate with the range of parties engaged in the person\’s care, in response to their needs e.g. MDT, EBEs, carers, range of community services.
• Supervise and contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of therapeutic ward activities.

Key Job Tasks

• Goal setting and interventions to improve engagement in self care, productivity (i.e. self care) & leisure (e.g. exercise, hobbies) activities for treatment of acute mental health needs.
• Building self efficacy to engage
• Exploring options for activity
• Rapport building & graded engagement
• Assessment of functioning and needs
• Optimising required self care / independent living skills
• Education regarding management of symptoms and risk, within activity
• (Re) Establishing productive / valued routines
• Developing / maintaining organisation and problem solving within activity
• Developing / maintaining communication & interaction skills within activity
• Use of aids, adaptations and environmental modification to support engagement in activity
• Supporting transitions into new physical and social environments
• Consultation, liaison and advice
• Supporting engagement in leisure & exercise
• Vocational guidance, signposting and advice as applicable
• Identifying use of occupation for risk, symptom management and relapse prevention.
• Liaise with care coordinator & wider MDT team to integrate occupational intervention plan with CPA care plan.
• Complete OT outcome measures. Audit OT & Occupational interventions.
• Ensure occupational therapy makes a significant and specialist contribution to patient’s recovery and pathway through the PICU and inpatient service.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the therapeutic experience and environment within PICU and inpatient settings.
• To provide professional leadership, supervision and guidance to identified junior staff (occupational therapy, AHP, activity staff) and students.
• To be responsible for managing high standards of clinical care and maintaining service delivery based on sound clinical and professional judgement.

Benefits

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Jan 2026