Occupational Therapist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 April 2026 |
| Location: | Tolworth, Surbiton, KT6 7QU |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7851443/294-AAUC-7851443-AZ |
Summary
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join our well-established and highly sought-after Occupational Therapy team.
Our acute wards provide safe, holistic and recovery focussed treatment for adults with mental health difficulties. The postholder will undertake functional assessments, including home assessments, for individuals as required which may include recommendations for environmental adaptations, equipment/aids and support packages to maximise independence. You will be expected to liaise and work closely with the ward’s MDT, in particular the discharge coordinator and social services in providing recommendations to ensure and facilitate safe discharges. The successful candidate may carry out short-term specific occupational therapy work to promote recovery goals and facilitate independence, including signposting to external agencies as well as referring to community-run OT groups.
You will hold a diploma or degree in occupational therapy, be registered to practice in the UK, have post graduate experience of working in mental health settings and ideally have some experience of working in a physical health setting.. You will possess good organizational and personal management skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrate an ability to be flexible, adaptable and be a positive thinker. You must be able to demonstrate an awareness of risk management and be committed to promoting MOHO as a framework for practice.
The successful candidate will join our wider occupational therapy service which includes our acute and urgent care, community, learning disability, specialist, national and forensic service lines. We meet quarterly for occupational therapy training events which have recently included training around sensory profiling and MOHO.
We are working towards having a menu of high-quality interventions to develop expertise and consistency across the service lines and proactively promote occupational therapy within multidisciplinary teams.
We have regular OT forums for professional support and development and can arrange staff to shadow OTs in other services for development opportunities. You will be the team’s Disability Champion to promote awareness within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring client’s views and reasonable adjustments are implemented within their care.The successful candidate will be offered supervision from the lead occupational therapist and from their team manager, both with the focus on developing clinical skills.
We work closely with our service-user involvement team who support service-users and carers to co-design and co-produce work within the Trust. We have also collaborated with our colleagues from St. George’s Hospital occupational therapy department where we engage in shared learnings.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our location:
This post will be based at Tolworth Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
· To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in the hospital setting and on home visits.
· To act as the designated ‘Disability Champion’, leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required.
·To contribute to the care pathway from admission through to discharge in keeping with the principles of the team.
·To promote recovery and social inclusion
·To contribute from an occupational therapy perspective to individual care plans
·To maintain clinical records
·To progress the meaningful day project & participate in multidisciplinary meetings
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Mar 2026