Occupational Therapist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | Surbiton, KT6 7QU |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7314449/294-MHCA-7314449-JB |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our The Kingston Older Peoples CMHT and Memory Service. The Kingston Older Peoples CMHT and Memory Service has been well-established for over 20 years. In the past few years the service has been transformed from an integrated team to a health only service, therefore, outsourcing social care provision. During the new formation of the team many new roles have been developed. All our staff work across both the Memory Service and Older People’s CMHT and we enjoy integrated caseload management, helping to better meet our service user’s needs and patient safety.
The role of community occupational therapist will cover both of CMHT and Memory Assessment Service – likely, two days working within each team. Both teams work together and are located at the same location and managed by the same Team Manager. The successful candidate will receive professional supervision from the Lead Service Line Occupational Therapist. You will also be responsible for a small caseload of service users with complex needs; some may have chronic and acute mental health needs. There will be an expectation to working independently and provide effective caseload management. Knowledge and working with old age mental health conditions would be an advantage.
Holistic assessment alongside a recovery style approach will be essential in supporting our service users. There will also be an expectation to attend interdisciplinary meetings, help with auditing and improving the team’s key performance indicators. Mandatory and developmental training will be provided. Having access to your own car and driving will be an essential requirement for the post holder to help them complete home visits. A mileage allowance will be provided.
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.
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• To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of disability on occupational performance and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client’s social and physical environment.
• To promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture physical health and age.
• To promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence based practice. This is underpinned by the principles of hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention.
• To independently manage a clinical caseload of service user with complex mental health needs, taking on the role of care co-ordinator and/or vocational lead where relevant.
• To identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan, using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessments, including MOHO tools.
• To exercise clinical professional judgement in complex clinical cases and difficult clinical situation, referring to senior staff when necessary.
• To consider both physical and mental health needs as part of the occupational therapy assessment.
• To plan and implement specialist individual and/or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and satisfactory occupational performance outcome.
• To identify any significant risk factors in line with local policies, with support from senior staff
• To contribute to and work within clinical pathways and protocols.
• To evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions and quality of clinical decisions in conjunction with service users/carers, other professionals etc.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025