Senior Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,485 - £52,521 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | Uxbridge, UB8 3NN |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7653433/333-G-HM-0747 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has opened up for a senior Occupational Therapist to join our Hillingdon Mental Health Inpatient Service. The role covers both the treatment wards (2x18-bedded male and female wards) and the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (8-bedded male PICU).
We are looking for people who are passionate about OT and want the opportunity to focus on their clinical OT skills, and who have ideas to grow and develop the OT provision within inpatient services.
We recognise that Band 6's are often the backbone of our clinical teams As such, we are committed to supporting your professional development both clinically and in building your leadership skills. You will have opportunities to:
• Supervise junior staff and students
• Act as a Practice Educator
• Access a wide range of internal and external training opportunities
• Build your leadership skills as part of your progression toward Band 7 roles within CNWL
If you are passionate about mental health, committed to person-centred care, and ready to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.
Occupational therapists hold akey rolewithin the Inpatient Team providing occupational therapy service and expertise; whichwill include individual and group work, assessment, intervention and evaluation in accordance with the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics.
You will be usingMOHOand other evidence-based assessment tools in order to establish a baseline functional assessment from which recommendations can determine further on-going care and treatment to enable optimum functioning.
The role requires integratedevidence-based practiceand skilful use of assessments & interventions with personal recovery principles, in order to improve the service users’ quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and live the life they want to lead.
You would need to be committed to working within recoveryprinciples. The successful applicant will be self-motivated with a desire to work in mental health, and willing to learn and grow within the team.
This post receives supervision from the Acute Lead OT (Band 7) and in addition there is a great support network working alongside other OTs in the Borough and across the trust. Opportunities for training, reflective practice, case formulation using Trauma Informed Approaches, skill sharing and several other projects are available ongoingly.
• Specialised OT & Mental health trainingcomprehensive offer of OT to OT training sessions, as well as specialised training depending on area of interest such as sensory integration and trauma informed care.
• Shadow and develop skillsin our neighbouring services, allowing you to see the full circle of treatment for our patients.
• Mentoring and coaching sessions supporting you with your development and growth into the role, including a bespoke 1:1 induction by Head OT tailored to your specific needs.
• Monthly supervisionfrom the lead OT for Hillingdon Inpatient Services
• You will be supported indeveloping your management and leadership skillsthrough supervising others, supporting students and developing new initiatives for the service.
• Opportunities to get involved in the establishedResearch and Developmentstructures in OT, including specialist forums and valuable networks.
• A trulyinclusive and diverseworkspace
• Nationally leading Trust widestaff networks
• Staff health and wellbeing schemes
• QI trainingand support to bring your strengths and skills to service development
OT in CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes an AHP director, Trust wide Professional Head of OT, borough and specialist Head OTs.
Personal and professional development is a high priorityfor the profession and is underpinned by our OT R&D strategy, R&D specialist groups and OT clinical networks. This enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our OTs reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and EBP is made possible by our strong links with local universities.
We actively support the next generation of OTsthrough apprenticeships, student placements and the promotion of the profession as a career in schools. We are proud of the diversity in our workforce but have invested time in supporting and developing this further through ourEquality Diversity & Belonging OT group.
Have a look at this video which provides further information with what to expect when working as an OT with CNWL, and the support which is offered:
CNWL Occupational Therapy Recruitment (FINAL) on Vimeo
This advert closes on Friday 19 Dec 2025
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