Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This newly established role involves providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation, and interventions for people experiencing acute mental health crises and their families within all-age Home Treatment Teams. The successful candidate will shape and develop occupational therapy provision, bringing an occupational perspective to crisis intervention and recovery-focused care. The role supports individuals to remain at home during a crisis and facilitates timely hospital discharges. It also involves providing clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team.
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification
- Driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable criteria
- Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
- Leadership training or relevant leadership experience
- Clinical supervision training
- Extensive and relevant post qualification experience with people who have complex mental health needs
- Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work
- Highly specialist knowledge of relevant occupational therapy assessment and treatment models
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust
- Registration
- HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification
- Driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
- Leadership training or relevant leadership experience
- Clinical supervision training
- Extensive and relevant post qualification experience with people who have complex mental health needs
- Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work
- Highly specialist knowledge of relevant occupational therapy assessment and treatment models
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust
- Registration
- HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £51,657 – £58,785 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 11d
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Job summary
We are delighted to introduce occupational therapy across our all age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance comunity based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing an mental health crisis.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop occupational therapy provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing an occupational perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen occupational therapy leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.
As the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist within the team you will be providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation and interventions for people who are experiencing acute mental health crisis and their families. Your occupationally focused interventions will support recovery, independence and participation in meaningful occupations. You will work collaborative within a multi-disciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and support timely discharges from hospital.
Main duties of the job
Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their families/carers
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