Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,939.00 to £50,697.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42939.00 - £50697.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Surbiton, KT6 7QU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9294-25-0338 |
Summary
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 clients 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.