Senior Occupational Therapist | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 April 2026 |
| Location: | Dover, CT162AH |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7865861/380-EK414-A |
Summary
We are seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our friendly South Kent Coast MHT Plus Team.
The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi-disciplinary care team.
Responsibilities include:
• To adhere to and apply the current Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct of Occupational Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists.
• To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
• To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
• To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
• To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
• Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously.
• Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs.
• Balancing all aspects of the job role.
• Being flexible and responsive to competing demands.
• Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice.
• Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice.
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Take a look at our Occupational Therapist Video
• To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs.
• To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Mar 2026
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