Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - CAMHS

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a skilled Occupational Therapist to join a vibrant team at Greenwich CAMHS. This role focuses on delivering specialized care to children and young people facing severe mental health challenges. With a commitment to innovative practices and a collaborative approach, you'll be part of a dedicated team that provides essential support through assessments, crisis intervention, and therapeutic interventions. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and thrive in a dynamic environment, this position offers you the chance to contribute significantly to mental health care while enjoying a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Free parking

Excellent public transport links

Supportive working environment

Opportunity for further training

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with extensive experience in mental health.
• Strong therapeutic skills and adaptability in working with youth.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of young people with severe mental health needs.
• Conduct specialist OT assessments and interventions for young clients.

Skills

Assessment skills

Management skills

Intervention skills

Risk assessment

Specialist knowledge of OT assessments

Audit and research skills

Education

Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy

UK HCPC registration

Further post-graduate training

Job description

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - CAMHS

Band 7

Main area: Children & Young People | Grade: Band 7 | Contract: Permanent | Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week | Job ref: 277-6986065-CYP

Site: Greenwich CAMHS | Town: Shooters Hill, Woolwich | Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 pa inc | Salary period: Yearly | Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join Greenwich CAMHS, providing highly specialist care to children and young people. The post-holder will be part of the Adolescent Team, delivering rapid assessments, crisis intervention, assertive outreach, and therapeutic interventions for young people aged 12-18 with severe and complex mental health needs.

Why Join Us?

• Greenwich CAMHS is undergoing a service transformation guided by the Thrive framework, ensuring timely, responsive, and needs-based interventions.
• We work within an Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) framework, fostering a collaborative approach with young people, families, and professional networks.
• Our team is based in culturally diverse Greenwich, offering a rich, stimulating, and supportive environment with excellent public transport links, free parking, and a nearby park.

This is an exciting time to join a well-established and vibrant team at the forefront of service development. If you are passionate about making a difference in young people’s mental health, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a complex caseload, delivering specialist clinical interventions to young people with severe mental health needs.
• Act as a care coordinator within a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, art therapists, nurses, family therapists, and psychotherapists.
• Work flexibly, including outreach work, to ensure accessible support for young people and families.
• Provide specialist advice and support to colleagues both within and outside the Trust.

The successful candidate will be a registered Occupational Therapist with extensive post-registration experience in mental health. You will bring strong therapeutic skills, adaptability, and a responsive approach to working with children and young people in Greenwich CAMHS.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools, and people’s homes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Manage a clinical caseload of young people with significant mental health needs.
• Conduct specialist OT assessments and interventions through individual and group work, focusing on:
  • Self-care
  • Education, training, or employment
  • Leisure activities
• Perform specialist mental health assessments, including risk assessments for young people in crisis (e.g., following self-harm incidents).
• Provide specialist OT advice to the MDT and contribute to risk assessment and management planning.
• Work within safeguarding and risk management guidelines and support the social inclusion agenda.

Leadership & Service Development:

• Take a lead role in developing evidence-based OT practice within the team.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the Trust-wide OT service.
• Provide leadership and supervision for junior OT staff, OT students, and OT technical instructors.
• Participate in research and audit activities to inform service improvements.
• Work collaboratively with the MDT to enhance patient care and risk management.
• Contribute to the duty rota system by conducting risk assessments.

Person specification

Experience

• Extensive experience (3 years +) in Occupational Therapist role
• Applying and interpreting standardised OT assessments
• Supervisory experience of junior staff and students
• Experience in a CAMHS setting
• Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs, learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Skills

• Robust skills in assessment, management and intervention, including risk
• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to clinical area.
• Experience of working in a MDT, and contributing to the care of patients.
• Audit and research skills, relevant to role

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in OT
• UK HCPC registered
• Further post-graduate training
• Fieldwork Educator trained
• Interest in undertaking further relevant studies, linked to service need

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.