Occupational Therapist Band 5 to Band 6 Development Post

Integrated Care System; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider seeks a Band 5 Occupational Therapist for their community mental health service, offering a development pathway to Band 6. This role involves managing a caseload, contributing to treatment programs, and participating in a supportive preceptorship. Applicants must hold an Occupational Therapy degree and be HCPC registered. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are provided. The recruitment is aimed at fostering professional growth within a diverse team.

Benefits

Free access to Staff & Wellbeing services

Childcare vouchers

Health & wellbeing services

Cycle to work schemes

Qualifications

• Qualification in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration required.
• Experience in a mental health setting preferred.
• Training in psychosocial interventions is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage an OT-specific caseload.
• Contribute to treatment programs and Psychosocial Therapies.
• Participate in supervision and shadowing with senior OTs.

Skills

Reflective practice

Effective communication skills

Culturally sensitive approach

Understanding of OT assessment tools

Education

Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy

Current registration with HCPC

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist Band 5 to Band 6 Development Post

The closing date is 07 August 2025

We are welcoming a Band 5 (B5) Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our Adult Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) with the aim of becoming a Band 6 (B6) OT following successfully passing a 12-month development plan. We want you to bring your unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to our OT team as diversity makes us stronger.

We are keen to support staff in their development and have created opportunities through our B5 development scheme. We want to hear from those who feel ready to progress from B5 - B6, or newly qualified OT's with potential to develop to a permanent B6 within 12 months of employment, pending upon successful completion of the developmental plan.

Our Preceptorship programmes offer you the opportunity to consolidate your knowledge and core skills as an OT while extending your confidence scope of practice in a safe and supportive work environment. You will be offered regular shadowing, networking and supervision from OTs and within the team as part of your development journey. You will have regular meetings and supervision with a senior member of the OT team, who will support you with the progression of your development plan.

Main duties of the job

You will have an OT-specific caseload, consisting of assessment, groupwork and individual interventions as well as contributing towards our Community Psychosocial Therapies offer with our Psychology colleagues. We work within the Recovery Framework, encouraging independence, social integration and the achievement of personalised goals.

You will have the opportunity to use your skills and creativity to contribute to the development and implementation of treatment programs, pathways and initiatives in order for us to deliver high quality, evidence-based interventions that improve service users' functional abilities, independence and overall quality of life.

Applicants must have a qualification in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered in order to be considered for the post.

About us

We are committed to offering you an environment you can flourish in, which includes dedicated development opportunities as well as a healthier work life balance. We will offer you:

• Free access to our Staff & Wellbeing services
• Our benefit packages are amongst the best in London & include childcare vouchers, health & wellbeing services, season ticket loans, cycle to work schemes, blue light card & much more!
• Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust.

CNWL has a long-established professional structure, including a Head of Therapies, an AHP Associate Director, Trust-wide Professional Leads for all professional groups, & Borough and specialist professional leadership. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of our profession and therapies as a whole at all levels - both strategically & operationally.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Job responsibilities

This post is an opportunity to work in the Adult CMHH service as either a newly qualified OT or an existing B5 OT. The post will offer an additional support programme to develop the post holder to become a safe and effective community mental health OT.

The post holder will be supported to develop the skills to be ready to move into a B6 OT position.

The support programme will provide the following:

• Work-based support & supervision.
• Additional support from the CNWL Education Team.
• Access to a Preceptorship programme
• monthly supervision sessions to support role development.
• Programme content & skills: Coaching, risk assessment/management, assessment, safety planning, suicide prevention, relapse prevention, report writing, working with families/carers and psychological interventions.

The appointee will be appointed to a B5 fixed-term post for a period of 12 months. Progress will require demonstrable evidence of key competencies and as our goal is for you to be developed and functioning as a B6 in 12 months, at which point you will be appointed to a B6 role see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

• Diploma/degree in Occupational Health
• Current registration with HCPC
• Work or placement experience in a mental health setting
• Training/ experience in psychosocial interventions and other relevant training (substance misuse, working with children and adolescents, etc)
• Professional Body Membership and/or involvement in RCoT specialist interest group - mental health

Knowledge/ Experience

• Wide range of practice educational placements
• Experience of MDT working
• Experience of groupwork & understanding of the procedural and group processes involved
• Demonstrable understanding & experience of OT profession-specific assessment tools/ treatment modalities (MoHO)
• Awareness of local and National issues and relevant legislation

Skills/ Abilities

• Demonstrates reflective practice
• Ability to treat service users/patients with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person
• Can demonstrate an application of OT process
• Clear understanding of the assessment process and use of OT assessment tools
• Ability to build constructive working relationships (colleagues, service users/patients, families and carers)
• Demonstrates effective communication skills both written and verbal
• Commitment to & enthusiasm for further training opportunities & CPD
• Evidence of relevant health related training courses

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 (pro rata if P/T)