Senior Occupational Therapist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,751 - £60,651 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | Plaistow, E13 8SP |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7829773/363-SS7829773 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and compassionate OT to work within our team at The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health.!
The Band 7 Senior Occupational Therapist at the Coborn Centre provides specialist clinical leadership in the assessment and intervention of young people admitted to the PICU wards (Galaxy and Pluto), applying a Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)-informed approach to understand the impact of mental health difficulties on volition, habituation, performance capacity, and participation in meaningful daily activities. The post holder manages a complex caseload of young people presenting with significant emotional, behavioural, sensory, and functional needs, contributing to multidisciplinary formulation and the development of occupation-focused care plans that support engagement in self-care, structured routines, education, and social participation. The role includes provision of supervision and clinical support to junior OT staff and OT Assistants, ensuring the safe delivery of evidence-based interventions that promote recovery, functional independence, and readiness for transition from PICU environments. Through this, the Band 7 OT plays a key role in maintaining care quality, supporting patient flow, and improving participation-focused outcomes for some of the most acutely unwell young people within the service.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for young people admitted to the PICU wards (Galaxy and Pluto), presenting with complex mental health needs and significant functional impairment impacting participation in daily living activities.
• To apply occupation-focused and MOHO-informed clinical reasoning to assess volition, habituation, performance capacity, and environmental influences, informing multidisciplinary formulation and care planning.
• To manage a complex clinical caseload, delivering evidence-based individual and group interventions that support engagement in self-care, structured routines, education, leisure, and social participation.
• To contribute to multidisciplinary risk assessment and management processes, supporting safe care planning and promoting functional recovery within a high-acuity inpatient setting.
• To lead on the development, implementation, and review of occupation-focused care plans to support recovery, independence, and readiness for transition from PICU to less restrictive environments.
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Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Please see full job decription and person specification for more information.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026