Senior Occupational Therapist (Rotational)

East London Nhs Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust invites a Band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist to join a structured Newham rotation. You will gain experience across Acute inpatient mental health, Community mental health, Home treatment team, Diagnostic memory services, and Older Adult community teams.

Rotations run for 9 months and may evolve with service needs. You'll have access to supervision, monthly educational sessions, CPD, quality improvement training, and leadership development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in adult mental health and/or related fields is essential.
• Ability to plan and deliver OT interventions across inpatient and community settings.
• Previous involvement in CPD activities and service development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide OT input across Adult and Older Adult Mental Health services in Newham.
• Deliver individual and group OT interventions focusing on recovery and social inclusion.
• Engage in supervision, training, and contribution to service development.

Skills

Mental health OT knowledge

Clinical reasoning

Multidisciplinary team working

Caseload management

Supervision experience

Communication skills

Education

OT degree/ diploma

HCPC Registration

RCOT membership

Job description

Job summary
Rotational Occupational Therapist Newham
Due to the promotion of one of our therapists, we have an opportunity to join our popular Band 6 rotation within Newham! This rotation gives experience across a range of services and currently includes Acute inpatient mental health (triage and treatment wards), Community adult mental health services, Home treatment team (HTT), Diagnostic memory services and Older Adult community team. Rotations are 9 months in duration.
Rotations might be further expanded and changed to reflect the needs of our community, the development needs of our therapists and our service needs.
The development of all our Occupational Therapists are important to us. You will have access to peer and professional supervision, monthly educational sessions, CPD-sessions, quality improvement training and early leadership development. We value and celebrate diversity and are interested in any unique skills and life experiences you could bring to the role!
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to be part of the Senior Occupational Therapy rotation, providing meaningful Occupational Therapy (OT) input across Adult and Older Adult Mental Health services in Newham.
As a rotational therapist, the exact job plan, skills and knowledge depends on the rotation. However, across rotations there is a particular focus on service users' recovery and social inclusion goals, via both individual and group work. The ability to understand first and foremost what matters to the individual, is central to the role. Sound clinical reasoning drawing on a range of models, theories, lived experience and specialist skills will be developed. It is also important to draw on your dual training in both physical and mental health.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Details
Date posted: 11 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum Inc Outer HCA
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 363-NEW8279197
Job locations: Newham Community and Inpatient settings, Various locations, Newham, London, E13 8SP, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
• Experience of CPD and role development activities
• Experience in clinical mental health setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field.
• Evidence of Service Development activities.
• Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of managing own caseload
• Experience of individual and group work
• Experience of staff/student supervision

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Knowledge of how mental health difficulties impact upon occupational functioning and performance.
• Knowledge of current National legislation, policies and guidelines relevant to adult community mental health and their application.
• Occupational and vocational assessment skills
• Specialist clinical skills to carry out OT interventions: therapeutic and activity based interventions; remedial training and cognitive behavioral interventions and psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions
• Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of OT interventions including knowledge of outcome measures.
• Ability to manage a complex clinical caseload
• Ability to undertake clinical risk assessmentAbility to communicate difficult information
• Ability to undertake supervision
• Ability to assess and manage verbal aggression and risk of physical aggression in inpatient and community settings, reducing risks to those involved.
• Ability to plan and work with statutory and non-statutory services around clinical issues oWord-processing/IT skills
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to maintain the profile of OT within a MDT and the organisation
• Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate clinical service provision.
• Ability to provide training and presentations

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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.