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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

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Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Beckenham is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our redesigned psychosis pathway, supporting service users to regain independence and improve daily living, social engagement and vocational skills.

You will complete comprehensive occupational needs assessments, co-produce personalised goals, and lead group-based interventions while collaborating with the MDT to optimise outcomes.

Qualifications

• Complete comprehensive occupational needs assessments for service users referred to OT.
• Co-produce personalised goals and deliver tailored interventions aligned with individual care plans.
• Lead and facilitate group-based interventions that promote recovery and readiness for discharge.
• Collaborate with MDT colleagues to identify needs and improve clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive occupational needs assessments for service users referred to OT.
• Co-produce personalised goals and deliver tailored interventions aligned with individual care plans.
• Lead and facilitate a variety of group-based interventions that promote recovery, empowerment, and readiness for discharge where appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary team to identify service users’ functional needs and enhance clinical outcomes.

Skills

Assessment skills

Group facilitation

MDT collaboration

Independent practice

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Occupational Therapist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

The OccupationalTherapistisa key memberofthecommunity mental health psychosis pathway, supportingservice usersto developorregainindependence andimprovetheir quality of life. The post focuses on enabling recovery through occupational therapy interventions that promote daily living skills, social participation, vocational engagement, and the development of meaningful routines and roles.

The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of occupational therapy within the pathway, providing specialist assessment and intervention on both an individual and group basis. A central aspect of the role will be supporting the ongoing development, delivery, and evaluation of the borough-wide occupational therapy group programme.

The Occupational Therapist will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, including nursing, psychology, psychiatry, and social care colleagues, to ensure coordinated, holistic care that reflects the full range of service users’ needs and recovery goals.

*** Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post ***

We’re offering an exciting opportunity to be part of our redesigned psychosis service, delivering evidence-based pathways and support for Bromley residents. This role is all about making a real difference—helping individuals regain independence and improve their quality of life through interventions that boost daily living, social engagement, and vocational skills.

You’ll collaborate with a talented, experienced Occupational Therapy team, playing a key role in shaping, delivering, and evaluating OT across this new pathway. If you’re passionate about recovery, inclusion, and empowering people to thrive, we’d love to hear from you!

As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you will:

• Complete comprehensive occupational needs assessments for service users referred to OT.
• Co-produce personalised goals and deliver tailored interventions aligned with individual care plans.
• Lead and facilitate a variety of group-based interventions that promote recovery, empowerment, and readiness for discharge where appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues to identify service users’ functional needs and enhance clinical outcomes.

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.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• To manage a clinical caseload
• To work as a member of the MDT
• To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
• To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work.
• To contribute to service development
• To participate in research/audit activities
• To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT studentson fieldwork placement
• Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
• To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
• To work independently without direct supervision
• To follow an agreed job plan, with specified number of weekly clinical contacts

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Occupational Therapist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc Hours: Full-time Location: Beckenham, BR3 3QL Job type: Permanent Posting date: 24 Aug 2026 Closing date: 23 Sept 2026

Summary

The OccupationalTherapistisa key memberofthecommunity mental health psychosis pathway, supportingservice usersto developorregainindependence andimprovetheir quality of life. The post focuses on enabling recovery through occupational therapy interventions that promote daily living skills, social participation, vocational engagement, and the development of meaningful routines and roles.

The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of occupational therapy within the pathway, providing specialist assessment and intervention on both an individual and group basis. A central aspect of the role will be supporting the ongoing development, delivery, and evaluation of the borough-wide occupational therapy group programme.

The Occupational Therapist will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, including nursing, psychology, psychiatry, and social care colleagues, to ensure coordinated, holistic care that reflects the full range of service users’ needs and recovery goals.

*** Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post ***

We’re offering an exciting opportunity to be part of our redesigned psychosis service, delivering evidence-based pathways and support for Bromley residents. This role is all about making a real difference—helping individuals regain independence and improve their quality of life through interventions that boost daily living, social engagement, and vocational skills.

You’ll collaborate with a talented, experienced Occupational Therapy team, playing a key role in shaping, delivering, and evaluating OT across this new pathway. If you’re passionate about recovery, inclusion, and empowering people to thrive, we’d love to hear from you!

As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you will:

• Complete comprehensive occupational needs assessments for service users referred to OT.
• Co-produce personalised goals and deliver tailored interventions aligned with individual care plans.
• Lead and facilitate a variety of group-based interventions that promote recovery, empowerment, and readiness for discharge where appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues to identify service users’ functional needs and enhance clinical outcomes.

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.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
• To manage a clinical caseload
• To work as a member of the MDT
• To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
• To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work.
• To contribute to service development
• To participate in research/audit activities
• To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT studentson fieldwork placement
• Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
• To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
• To work independently without direct supervision
• To follow an agreed job plan, with specified number of weekly clinical contacts

This advert closes on Monday 7 Sep 2026

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