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 role involves providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation, and interventions for individuals experiencing acute mental health crises within all-age Home Treatment Teams. The successful candidate will contribute to shaping and developing occupational therapy provision, focusing on crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance. The position requires clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to junior staff, promoting health and independence for service users and their families.
Key responsibilities
- Provide high quality and evidence-based occupational therapy assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation to people with complex needs.
- Communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, people who access services, carers/supporters/family members, stakeholders, and agencies.
- Provide compassionate and effective leadership to junior staff including support staff.
- Strengthen and actively contribute to the overall leadership of the service.
- Support the team managers and clinical leads in the development and delivery of effective services.
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification
- A driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
- HCPC registered Occupational Therapist
- Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work
- Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
- Highly specialist knowledge of relevant occupational therapy assessment and treatment models
- Demonstrates evidence of highly effective clinical reasoning skills
Desirable criteria
- Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
- Leadership training or relevant leadership experience
- Clinical supervision training
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.
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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.
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