Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist

NHS; King's Lynn; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in King's Lynn is seeking a Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist for a 12-month contract in a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate will support young people aged 14 to 25 by delivering evidence-based mental health treatment interventions and working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. This role promotes personal and professional growth within a supportive team dedicated to enhancing mental health outcomes for young people.

Benefits

NHS pension

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

Annual leave starting at 27 days

Staff physio service

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Ability to use clinical assessment tools effectively.
• Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act.
• Experience in delivering clinical interventions.

Responsibilities

• Triage of new referrals.
• Conducting assessments and managing individual caseloads.
• Delivering evidence-based mental health treatment interventions.

Skills

Competent assessment skills

Care planning knowledge

Risk assessment knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker

Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training

Ongoing professional development towards degree level

Job description

Job summary

Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Hybrid working, and a warm welcome accompany this opportunity to work creatively with Young People and their families within the Community based Youth Team in Kings Lynn, West Norfolk. We are a multi-disciplinary team promoting positive Mental Health and providing treatment interventions for Young People aged 14 to 25 years. The role is for a fixed period of 12 months, 30.00 hours per week to cover maternity leave.

We strive to be dynamic and creative and are dedicated Mental Health Professionals, focussing on the needs of Young People providing a needs-led approach. We are seeking like-minded clinicians to work alongside us in supporting Young Peoples Wellbeing and Mental Health.

This a great opportunity to learn, grow and develop in a supportive environment within a fantastic team dedicated to offering great care. If this sounds like the role for you and you would like to come on this exciting journey with us, then please do not hesitate to apply.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to support young people to reach their goals and be able to demonstrate the following qualities required for the role, these are: experience, passion, resilience, empathy, great communication skills and an ability to be flexible and manage risk.

Duties will include, but are not exclusive to:

• Triage of new referrals
• Conducting Assessments
• Supporting and being part of the Duty system within the Team
• Individual Caseload holding and management
• Delivering evidenced based mental health treatment interventions to young people both on a one-to-one basis and in group settings both face to face and using online mediums such as Attend Anywhere, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Multi-agency working; including working alongside families, acute hospital, primary care sector, social care, education and voluntary services
• Active contribution in team meetings and reflective sessions so that the team can learn, grow, and improve the service we provide

About us

Within the Youth Team we pride ourselves on the care we give to both our service users and each other. You will find a positive and supportive environment with a strong team ethic. Our goals are to provide great care with great outcomes where we challenge ourselves to grow both individually as clinicians and collectively as a team, so that we can better meet the needs of the young people.

On a wider scale there are many other benefits to working for NSFT as an organisation, some of which are:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

Job details

Details Posted: 22 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year gross per annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 9 months

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 246-WSN7336790-J

Job locations:

• Thurlow House
• Goodwins Road
• Kings Lynn
• PE30 5PD

Person Specification

Knowledge (Essential)

• The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively
• Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act

Skills (Essential)

• Competent assessment skills
• Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills

Experience (Essential)

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
• Demonstrable experience in assessment of mental health

Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with the relevant Professional registration
• Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level (if professional registration is following a diploma level course)

Other (Essential)

• Ability to travel independently

Desirable

• Prevention of Management of Suicide training
• Experience working in the specific area
• Recognised Leadership/Management training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website https://www.gov.uk/immigration.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website https://www.nhs.uk/careers.

Employer details

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

• Thurlow House
• Goodwins Road
• Kings Lynn
• PE30 5PD

Employer's website: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx