Senior Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist within the Kerrier Integrated Community Mental Health Team in West Cornwall. The successful candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary team, focusing on assessments, facilitating groups, supervising an OT assistant, and promoting healthy lifestyles for service users with serious mental illness. The position involves developing innovative approaches and working closely with voluntary, community, and social enterprise partners to provide holistic care and support clients in accessing meaningful activities.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain and further develop the Occupational Therapy role within the Community Mental Health Team, including 1:1 and group provision.
- Provide occupational therapy to a defined caseload of patients using evidence-based practice and client-centred principles.
- Contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of interventions within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Support with generic tasks within the team as required.
- Contribute to the development of the Trust Occupational Therapy Service and best practice initiatives.
Essential criteria
- BSc/Diploma in Occupational therapy
- HCPC registration
- Experience of working with service users experiencing complex mental health difficulties for example schizophrenia, bipolar, personality disorder, depression, PTSD
- Current experience within a mental health setting
- Relevant post-graduate qualification, training or experience for example Sensory Integration, AMPS, MOHO, Allen's cognitive screen
- Skilled in carrying out both individual and group interventions.
- Experience of facilitating groups such as ECS, Compassionate minds
Desirable criteria
- Group work skills facilitation training
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
This Occupational Therapist vacancy is for the Kerrier Integrated Community Mental Health part of the West ICA Mental Health provision in Cornwall.
Would you enjoy being part of a team at an exciting time in it's development ?
Kerrier ICMHT is searching for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist who wishes to be part of our development and enjoys being part of a large multidisciplinary Team encompassing a range of professional roles. The applicant would thrive designing innovative approaches to working with individuals with serious mental illness.
The team approach includes voluntary, community and Social Enterprise Partners (VSCE) and close liaison with local GP practices to think about providing our client's holistic care.
As an OT you will be a valuable resource taking on assessments, facilitating groups, supervising the OT assistant post and working alongside our physical health nurses (RGN) to promote healthy lifestyles. You would be linking in with our VCSE and other partners as part of an important move forward in the provision of mental health care in West Cornwall. We are committed to working with employment specialist and the successful candidate would support pathways to enable clients to access meaningful activities to improve their quality
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