Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS; Walsall; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Walsall is seeking a passionate Senior Occupational Therapist to join their mental health inpatient team. This role involves managing a clinical caseload and leading innovative, recovery-focused interventions. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in Occupational Therapy and demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative skills. The position aims to enhance service delivery while supporting professional growth in a diverse team environment.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

Inclusive employment environment

Supportive professional development

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work.
• Supervision – giving and receiving.
• Knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload of adults with mental health needs.
• Lead and support others in clinical settings.
• Deliver person-centred care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Clinical supervision experience

Collaborative working in multi-disciplinary teams

Compassionate and empathetic approach

Flexible approach to work

Education

Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 11 November 2025

Join us in shaping the future of recovery-focused care!

Are you a passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? We're looking for dynamic Band 6 OTs to join our newly restructured mental health inpatient teams and help us build a service that truly puts recovery and co‑production at its heart.

In this exciting role you will be part of a forward-thinking, supportive AHP team committed to delivering innovative, person-centred care. You will have the opportunity to lead and inspire others, helping to develop OT staff from a range of backgrounds, while shaping how we deliver meaningful interventions across our four hospital sites.

We're proud to work in partnership with our lived experience consultants, co‑producing therapeutic activities and approaches that make a real difference. Our teams are solution-focused, enthusiastic, and always striving to improve through quality improvement projects and creative practice.

Main duties of the job

• Has experience in mental health and is passionate about recovery-focused practice
• Enjoys leading, supervising, and supporting others to grow and develop
• Is confident in using MOHO and open to exploring other models of practice
• Values working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary colleagues – including physios, speech and language therapists, psychologists, nurses, and medical teams
• In return, you will join a team that values your ideas, supports your development, and celebrates innovation. You will be part of a network of Band 6 OTs across all our inpatient units – ensuring service users receive an equitable, high-quality experience wherever they are.
• This is your chance to make a tangible impact, shape services, and grow as a professional leader in mental health occupational therapy.

If you’re ready to bring your energy, creativity, and leadership to a team that’s redefining what recovery-focused inpatient care can be – we’d love to hear from you.

• To manage a clinical caseload of adults with mental health needs requiring occupational assessment and treatment interventions with clients on the wards and in the therapy spaces, as well as within their home environment, if appropriate.
• Recovery focused practice is core to the work that we do.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• Mental health services for children and young people
• Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley

We currently employ over 4,000 people and, like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Working in a NHS Foundation Trust is demanding and extremely rewarding. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a powerful feeling. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues, to achieve the best possible work/life balance.

We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family‑friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best – and find support if they need it. To learn more about our staff benefits, visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.

For help to apply for this role please see documents attached under 'Additional documents'.

Job responsibilities

In addition to the information listed above, the ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent communication skills in regular contacts with service users, families and carers as well as other professionals.
• Experience of working closely with multi‑disciplinary teams and wider inter‑agency teams.
• Compassion, empathy and a caring approach with every interaction, in line with the Trust’s behaviours.
• A detailed knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation as well as occupational formulation, and experience of using this in practice.
• A flexible approach to the post, both in relation to engaging service users and supporting the service in meeting its needs.
• Enable and empower service users through clinical work, as well as fellow staff and students through facilitating supervisions.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration; evidence of further education

Experience

• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
• Supervision – giving and receiving

Knowledge

• Experienced use of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)
• Experience of occupational therapy assessments and interventions with adults with mental health needs
• Completion of placement educator training and student education experience
• Understanding of the effects of current health and social policy and practice in adult mental health services and the implications for Occupational Therapy practice

Trust Values

• Be compassionate, empathetic and caring to everyone
• Be inclusive by understanding and valuing others to achieve the best results for everyone and everything we do
• Act with transparency and honesty; respect and value others to do the right thing at the right time for everyone.

Skills

• Ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively within the multi‑disciplinary team
• Commitment to lifelong learning

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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust