Senior Occupational Therapist for Adult Autism Service
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 December 2025 |
| Location: | Dagenham ,, RM10 9HU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9395-25-1140 |
Summary
To promote the empowerment and education of clients in relation to their holistic health. This focuses on the promotion of social inclusion, health promotion and relapse prevention. To deputise when required in the absence of the team clinical /service lead(s) To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register. To provide specialist clinical advice to other team members on the suitability of various assessments and intervention methods where appropriate. To provide consultation and liaison to other professionals working with autistic adults in the Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest localities, both community and in-patient based. To take a lead role in the education, supervision and training of more junior members of staff, support workers and occupational therapy students, To act as a role model for occupational therapy, raising the profile and value of the role within the service.Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application. Use of AIPlease see attached document regarding acceptable use of AIduring the recruitment process. Certificates of SponsorshipAlthough we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.