Occupational Therapist Assistant | West London NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | Hammersmith, W6 8NF |
| Company: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7135544/222-LS-AMHS-306 |
Summary
Occupational therapy support workers work alongside the Occupational Therapist to enable the delivery of the Occupational Therapy intervention. To ensure that the service users receives intensive and practical support to reach their goals.
They can support by carrying out practical elements of the OT intervention and actively support the service-user with the established plan or goals.
We are looking to recruit a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant/Support Worker post within our Crisis Home Treatment Team in Hammersmith and Fulham.
The role will involve providing a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users with complex needs, within the local services working with multi-disciplinary team members. The role is anticipated to be a dual role which will involve the successful candidate working collaboratively with the nursing team to provide health care assistance support
To ensure that the professional standards and ethics as set out by the West London NHS Trust are adhered to at all times.
Clinical:
• All interactions with service users should be underpinned with empathy and a clear understanding of the effects of disability in the areas of productivity, leisure and activities of daily living (ADL).
• All interactions should be sensitive and responsive to the service users’ ethnic, cultural and social background, using a range of communication and engagement skills as appropriate to the context.
• To ensure that immediate concerns regarding service users are verbally reported to the relevant professionals and documented in medical/ MDT files.
• To communicate effectively verbally, in writing or electronically with all relevant MDT members, service users, carers, voluntary and statutory agencies, being mindful of confidentiality.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Apr 2025