Senior Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2025 |
| Location: | Walsall, WS9 8AJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9285-25-0344 |
Summary
Main Duties/Responsibilities To work effectively as a member of the community team as an autonomous practitioner in providing a range of therapy interventions (individual and group) using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals, in collaboration with multidisciplinary team members To manage a clinical caseload of adults with mental health needs requiring occupational assessment and treatment interventions with clients in thecommunity as well as within their home environment. To undertake occupational therapy assessments/treatment interventionsbased on the model of human occupation, with designated service users,utilising investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised treatment plans. To work collaboratively with service users to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall recovery care plan. To utilise standardised and non-standardised occupational therapyassessment tools as part of the assessment process. To actively engage and motivate service users in the occupations of self-care, productivity and leisure. To establish effective communication with service users, carers, and other health workers and agencies both internally and externally.To ensure that electronic records are maintained in accordance with trust and professional standards and provide specialist OT reports To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress to ensure effective intervention. To work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members providingoccupational therapy specific contributions to the care and treatment process of patients. 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 To be responsible for the planning and delivery of occupational therapyinterventions in a variety of environments, according to service user need. To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with theresponsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality occupational therapy service.