Band 5 Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 September 2025 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton/West Bromwich, WV1 2ND |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9285-25-0301 |
Summary
To manage a clinical caseload of older adults with mental health needs requiring occupational assessment and treatment interventions within community settings. To undertake occupational therapy assessments/treatment interventions with designated service users, utilising investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised treatment plans. To plan and implement occupational therapy interventions (individual and group) using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. To work collaboratively with service users and their families/carers to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall recovery care plan. To utilise standardised and non-standardised occupational therapy assessment tools as part of the assessment process. To actively engage and motivate service users in the occupations of self-care, productivity and leisure. To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress to ensure effective intervention. To work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members providing occupational therapy specific contributions to the care and treatment process of service users. To utilise clinical reasoning skills, demonstrating critical thinking, reflection and analysis from which to inform practice. To apply an experiential understanding of the effects of functional, cognitive and physical impairment related to mental health needs in the therapeutic process of treatment planning and intervention. Provide information and recommendations to assist lifestyle change including the provision of aids, adaptations, personal care packages and supported living accommodation. To be responsible for the planning and delivery of occupational therapy interventions in a variety of environments, according to service user need. To be responsible for the safe fitting and use of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) equipment provided to service users by oneself and occupational therapy support staff within the Team. To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality occupational therapy service.