Senior Occupational Therapist

NSFT Jobs; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NSFT is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Team. The role focuses on specialist assessments and recovery-focused rehabilitation for adults with complex psychosis and severe mental health difficulties, delivering up to 16-week targeted interventions to maximise independence and community functioning.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, coordinating personalised rehabilitation plans, facilitating goal attainment, and supporting service

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist tertiary rehabilitation service supporting adults with complex psychosis and severe, enduring mental health difficulties who require targeted rehabilitation interventions to maximise independence, recovery, and community functioning. The team provides time-limited interventions of up to 16 weeks, working alongside Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) and other stakeholders to deliver focused rehabilitation programmes that address identified recovery goals and barriers to independence.

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions, using evidence-based approaches to support individuals in developing functional skills, engaging in meaningful occupations, improving social inclusion, and progressing towards their personal recovery goals.

The successful candidate will be an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a strong understanding of recovery-focused rehabilitation, and experience working with people with complex psychosis, severe mental illness, and associated functional impairments. You will be passionate about enabling people to achieve meaningful outcomes and supporting them to live as independently and successfully as possible within their communities.

The post holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for adults with complex psychosis and severe mental illness referred to the Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Team. They will act as the rehabilitation lead for individuals allocated to their caseload, coordinating and delivering targeted, recovery-focused rehabilitation programmes over a period of up to 16 weeks.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will develop personalised rehabilitation plans, facilitate goal attainment, promote independence and social inclusion, and work collaboratively with Community Mental Health Teams, service users, carers, and partner agencies to support positive outcomes. The role will also involve contributing to multidisciplinary reviews, risk management, service development, and the supervision and support of junior staff and students where appropriate.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.