Adult Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist

NHS; Uxbridge; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Uxbridge is seeking a full-time Adult Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist. You'll provide high-quality assessments and interventions for service users, manage caseloads, and work within a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate must have a Degree in Occupational Therapy, be registered with HCPC, and have experience in mental health settings. This position offers competitive salary and encourages career development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy, registered with HCPC.
• Experience, either voluntary or paid, in a mental health setting.
• Training/experience in psychosocial interventions.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality OT assessments and interventions.
• Managing a caseload as an allocated Named Worker.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Group facilitation

Patient-centred practice

Clinical reasoning skills

Reflective practice

Ability to prioritize workload

Education

Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Registered with HCPC

Experience in a mental health setting

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Adult Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 23 September 2025

Would you like to work in an innovative team, where there is a strong focus on staff development and delivering high quality care? We are looking for aBand5 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our well-established, diverse team. We want you to bring your unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to our OT team as diversity makes us stronger.

The Adult Community Mental Health Hubs serves the diverse and vibrant population with secondary mental health needs and severe and ensuring mental health needs. The Hubs consist of Medical staff, Nurses, Peer Support Workers, Employment Specialists and Psychology/ Psychotherapy staff. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop and co-facilitate groups as part of the psychosocial Hub offer.

We are located in Uxbridge and a 10-minute walk from the Town Centre. The nearest underground station is Uxbridge Underground (Piccadilly and Metropolitan Lines) or West Drayton Train Station.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in community mental health. The role is full-time, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm with an option to work up to two days a week remotely.

Main duties of the job

• To work as an OT in the Adult Community Mental Health Hub, providing a high quality service to service users.
• To provide OT assessments and intervention for service users under the care of the team, both in healthcare environments and peoples homes.
• To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
• To provide evidence-based group interventions.
• To manage a caseload and be an allocated Named Worker autonomously.
• To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.

About us

The team will provide you with a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services. We have invested fully in our Band 5s development through robust supervision, a preceptorship programme and internal training. Success at preceptorship enables further training to become an educator for OT students. Career development opportunities are available and many of our Band 5s who choose to stay with us in senior posts.

There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in-house CPD opportunities. CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.

Hillingdon has a wide range of resources and OTs work closely with services to support participation in the community. We work closely with our Adult Social Care and Voluntary Sector partners in our Borough.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details and don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Work or placement experience in a mental health setting
• Professional Body membership with RCoT and involvement in RCoT communities
• Training/ experience in Psychosocial interventions and other relevant training

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience in a mental health setting (voluntary or paid)
• Experience of group facilitation
• Application of core OT skills and processes
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of OT profession specific assessment tools (ie: MoHO)

Skills and Abilities

• Can demonstrate an application of the OT process
• Demonstrates reflective practice
• Demonstrates patient-centred practice
• Ability to prioritise workload/ use own initiative
• Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approachting a culturally
• Ability to build constructive working relationships
• Clear understanding of the assessment process and use of OT assessment tools
• Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person
• Commitment and enthusiasm for CPD
• Evidence of relevant health-related training courses

Specialist Knowledge

• Can demonstrate clinical reasoning skills
• Knowledge of speciality conditions (ie: SMI)
• Demonstrates clear understanding of Professional standards and conduct
• Has knowledge of OT theory related to practice
• Awareness of local and National issues and relevant legislation

Professional Conduct

• Conducts and presents self in a professional manner
• Has a good understanding of EDI
• Possesses knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and health & safety
• Has excellent time management and organisational skills

Other

• Ability to travel to see service users in the community and see service users in their home environment
• Holder of full UK driving license/ car driver

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£35,763 to £43,466 a yearper annum inc HCAS