Occupational Therapist

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Tees Valley is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join its community teams. You'll be accountable for delivering high-quality patient care focusing on mental health recovery. Responsibilities include conducting detailed assessments and formulating client-centered goals while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant qualification and registration with HCPC. This role offers opportunities for training, professional development, and is open to those with pending registration.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

CPD needs monitoring through appraisal

Defined supervision systems

Qualifications

• Registered or pending registration as an occupational therapist.
• Postgraduate training in a relevant area is preferred.
• Experience supporting individuals with mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver appropriate occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
• Collaborate with service users to develop goals.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team activities.

Skills

Client-centred approaches

Team collaboration

Evidence-based practice

Education

Appropriate professional qualification in occupational therapy

Current relevant registration with HCPC

Post graduate training in relevant specialist area

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 11 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of B5 Occupational Therapist in the Occupational Therapy Hub across the Stockton community teams. The service is based at Wessex House, Stockton and covers Treatment and Intervention Team, Hub Team and Early Intervention Psychosis. The service is open between 9am and 5pm Monday - Friday.

The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality patient focused care in a community setting.

The role will involve improving the lives of people with severe and enduring mental health conditions as well as introducing them to our local community transformation partners to continue their journey to recovery.

As an occupational therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust values at all times and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.

Main duties of the job

Occupationally focused assessments and interventions will be delivered as part of a dynamic service delivery model that has a strong commitment to collaborative working at its core whilst recognising the unique skills of all professional groups represented in the team. Additional focus is on delivering high quality evidence based services that support recovery, occupational formulation and occupational engagement. The delivery of occupational therapy 1:1 and in groups is required.

• To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self care, productivity and leisure.
• To use client-centred approaches to co-produce negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
• To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision.
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
• To contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives.
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.

About us

To work best in the team we are looking for candidates who are highly patient focused, confident in their emerging skill set, dynamic and resilient. We will accept applications from those whose registration is pending.

The post will offer varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal. Well defined supervision systems are in place.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification in occupational therapy role (or pending)
• Current relevant registration with HCPC (or pending)
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 7 for international recruits
• Post graduate training in relevant specialist area

Experience

• Experience of working in a variety of practice areas whilst on student placements (or postgraduate)
• Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
• Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team

Knowledge

• Awareness of professional standards and their application to practice
• Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Knowledge of the evidence base for the clinical practice area

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wessex House