Specialist Occupational Therapist - Physical Health
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,927 - £68,676 Per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Tooting, SW17 7DJ |
| Cwmni: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7283942/294-AAUC-7283942-FZ |
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A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
Are you a dynamic and experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for improving physical health outcomes within mental health settings? We are seeking a dedicated Band 8a Physical Health Lead OT to join our acute mental health team and lead on delivering, embedding, and championing physical health strategies for patients with complex mental health needs.
This is a pivotal leadership position within our acute inpatient services. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure physical health remains a key focus in mental health care delivery. You will lead on the integration of evidence-based physical health interventions into patient care plans, provide specialist OT input, and drive service improvement initiatives aligned with national guidelines.
We’re looking for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist who:
• Holds HCPC registration and has significant post-qualification experience.
• Has specialist knowledge and experience in physical health within mental health settings.
• Demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and team-working skills.
• Is passionate about improving health inequalities for people with severe mental illness.
• Can confidently drive service development and influence practice across disciplines
• Leading on physical health initiatives across acute mental health wards and the adult acute service line including home-treatment teams and assessment units.
• Providing expert clinical leadership to the OT team and wider MDT.
• Developing and implementing care pathways that address the physical health needs of service users.
• Supporting the delivery of staff training and education related to physical health.
• Auditing and evaluating interventions to ensure high standards of care and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborating with Trust-wide physical health leads to contribute to strategic planning.
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 as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
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.
This role has been developed to contribute to timely flow within the acute pathway, focusing on planning and implementation of appropriate assessments, well informed quality care-plans and equipment to best meet the service-users’ needs contributing to a parity of esteem across the service line. The role is aimed to support admission and patient safety in relation to physical health management. The role will aim to help troubleshoot barriers to discharge that are related to on-going physical health needs and support.
The role includes embedding a standardised process for information sharing and supporting both the Acute care admission teams and Physical health hub. The role will focus on improving standards and processes around acquiring equipment to meet service users need both during their admission and upon discharge. The role includes training and empowering the Occupational therapist to deliver effective care in relation to physical health needs. The post holder will link in with other agencies and share resources as appropriate to best meet individual needs.
There is an expectation that this role will have additional prescribing responsibilities beyond the usual Trusted assessor role, taking a lead in prescribing equipment but also providing follow-up where necessary in the community.
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Jul 2025
Are you a dynamic and experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for improving physical health outcomes within mental health settings? We are seeking a dedicated Band 8a Physical Health Lead OT to join our acute mental health team and lead on delivering, embedding, and championing physical health strategies for patients with complex mental health needs.
This is a pivotal leadership position within our acute inpatient services. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure physical health remains a key focus in mental health care delivery. You will lead on the integration of evidence-based physical health interventions into patient care plans, provide specialist OT input, and drive service improvement initiatives aligned with national guidelines.
We’re looking for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist who:
• Holds HCPC registration and has significant post-qualification experience.
• Has specialist knowledge and experience in physical health within mental health settings.
• Demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and team-working skills.
• Is passionate about improving health inequalities for people with severe mental illness.
• Can confidently drive service development and influence practice across disciplines
• Leading on physical health initiatives across acute mental health wards and the adult acute service line including home-treatment teams and assessment units.
• Providing expert clinical leadership to the OT team and wider MDT.
• Developing and implementing care pathways that address the physical health needs of service users.
• Supporting the delivery of staff training and education related to physical health.
• Auditing and evaluating interventions to ensure high standards of care and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborating with Trust-wide physical health leads to contribute to strategic planning.
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 as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
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.
This role has been developed to contribute to timely flow within the acute pathway, focusing on planning and implementation of appropriate assessments, well informed quality care-plans and equipment to best meet the service-users’ needs contributing to a parity of esteem across the service line. The role is aimed to support admission and patient safety in relation to physical health management. The role will aim to help troubleshoot barriers to discharge that are related to on-going physical health needs and support.
The role includes embedding a standardised process for information sharing and supporting both the Acute care admission teams and Physical health hub. The role will focus on improving standards and processes around acquiring equipment to meet service users need both during their admission and upon discharge. The role includes training and empowering the Occupational therapist to deliver effective care in relation to physical health needs. The post holder will link in with other agencies and share resources as appropriate to best meet individual needs.
There is an expectation that this role will have additional prescribing responsibilities beyond the usual Trusted assessor role, taking a lead in prescribing equipment but also providing follow-up where necessary in the community.
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Jul 2025