Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Exeter; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist in the Haldon Eating Disorders Unit. You will deliver specialized assessments and interventions for adults, promoting their health and well-being while leading a team and contributing to service development. This role requires a blend of clinical expertise, empathy, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary setting, emphasizing continued professional development and innovative care methods.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with eating disorders.
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and NICE guidelines.
• Understanding of therapeutic boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist OT assessments and interventions.
• Provide leadership and supervision to junior staff.
• Contribute to the multidisciplinary team discussions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Critical Thinking

Empathy

Education

BSc/MSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Health Professions Council Registration

Job description

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a creative, enthusiastic, and autonomous Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Haldon Eating Disorders Unit at Wonford House, Exeter.

This specialist adult service supports individuals with eating disorders through evidence-based, occupation-focused interventions aimed at enhancing engagement in meaningful activities to promote health, wellbeing, and community integration.

The Occupational Therapist will play a key role in specialist assessment and intervention, particularly around the occupation of food and social eating, and in supporting individuals to overcome barriers to participation through reasonable adjustments and adaptive strategies. The successful applicant will have experience working with adults with complex needs, and be confident in managing a specialist caseload, applying outcome measures, and contributing to multidisciplinary care. An interest or experience in sensory processing assessment and intervention is desirable.

The post also includes providing clinical supervision and support to junior staff, students, and apprentices, as well as contributing to leadership, service development, and research within the Occupational Therapy team and the wider Haldon Eating Disorders Service.

We welcome applicants with transferable skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Main duties of the job

DeliverspecialistOT assessments and interventions targeting meaningfuloccupation, especially relating to food, eating, and social participation.

Promotehealth,well-being, and community reintegration throughoccupation-focused approaches on an individual and/or group basis.

Contributeto the multi-disciplinaryteam by offering specialist advice, be involved clinical discussions and collaborative working within disciplines.

Provideleadershipand supervision to junior staff, students, and apprentices.

Participatein servicedevelopment, research, and refinement of the clinical model.

About us

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can befound on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer toyour suitability to the post in your supporting information from the rolerequirements or person specification.

The post holder will be a curious,compassionate, experienced, and committed Occupational Therapist whodemonstrates courageous and critical thinking within their professional scope.They will be responsible for delivering specialist, safe, and evidence-basedoccupational therapy assessments, formulation, interventions, and evaluations,with a strong focus on meaningful occupationparticularly relating to food,eating, and social participation for adults with eating disorders. Throughoccupation-focused approaches delivered individually and in groups, they willpromote health, well-being, and community reintegration. Workingcollaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provideexpert occupational therapy advice, contribute to clinical discussions, andsupport holistic, person-centred care aligned with best practice guidelines.They will support clients and their families to develop sustainable routinesand roles, enabling recovery and preventing relapse. Additionally, the postholder will provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, students, andapprentices, and actively contribute to service development, research, andongoing refinement of the clinical model to ensure innovative, effective, andresponsive care tailored to the needs of adults living with eating disorders.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc/ MSc/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC)
• Commitment to undertake continuing professional development (CPD)

Experience

• Sound theoretical understanding of OT practice and recovery principles within Mental Health settings.
• Ability to transfer core OT skills from different settings to an ED setting.
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and relevant NICE guidelines/ national policies.
• Understanding of role of OT in the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of team dynamics.
• Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Experience of planning, implementing and evaluating groups.
• Understanding of Eating Disorders and Therapeutic boundaries.
• Experience of working with individuals with Eating Disorders.

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.

Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist