Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is hiring a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist for the Meadowview team at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. This role involves working with clients to provide rehabilitation and enhance their independence. Suitable candidates should possess a recognized OT degree and HCPC registration, along with relevant experience in a multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy qualification is essential.
• Registration with HCPC is required.
• Post registration experience as Band 5 is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide services user focused interventions around occupational roles.
• Conduct holistic assessments and recommend appropriate interventions.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and lead relevant meetings.

Skills

Excellent professional and clinical knowledge

Collaboration skills

Holistic assessment skills

Communication skills

Education

Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to appoint a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to our dynamic, integrated multi- disciplinary Meadowview team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join and develop our integrated collaborative working within our team and the directorate. Meadowview is a multi- professional 36 bedded unit consisting of Nurses, PT's, OT's, care coordinators, admins. and rehab assistants. The team aims to provide rehabilitation, holistic health and social care assessments for people over the age 18 years, who are registered with a Bexley or Greenwich GP.

Main duties of the job

You will work with specific OT caseloads following the care pathway providing a high standard of service user focused interventions around occupational roles. This role also provides an opportunity to carry out generic and care co-ordination roles as an agreed percentage of your casework.

In applying occupational therapy models, you will work from an evidence base and draw upon current developments in Recovery and Social Inclusion. You will need to be committed to a service user focus and be creative in finding ways to help people develop and achieve personal goals. You will also contribute to a forward-thinking group programme and lead on implementing particular groups.

You will work alongside OT and multi-disciplinary colleagues, as well as working with a range of other agencies. The Oxleas Occupational Therapy Service is committed to the continuing professional development (CPD) of its staff. A well-developed supervision structure, CPD activities, and a variety of training opportunities underpin this.

About us

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

Details Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,939 to £50,697 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7283924-CPH

Job locations

Meadowview Unit

Queen Mary's Hospital

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

Job description Job responsibilities

Demonstrate specialist theoretical knowledge of complex acute and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients.

Work closely with other health professionals and social servicesand provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice in meeting the needs of the clients.

Conduct a thorough holistic specialist Occupational Therapy assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures.

Recommend appropriate interventions topromote functional independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice.

Complete individual plans of care for clients who require input from integrated community services bed-based or home-based rehabilitation input.

Maintain effective multidisciplinary communicationwith other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met.

Providespecialist Occupational Therapy advice and support to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and reasoning.

Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation, education and demonstration of equipment.

Participate in and lead MDT meetings and complex family conferences.

Ensure management of clinical risk with complex patients.

To be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and completeinput in a timely, seamless manner.

Seek guidance from moreexperienced colleagues when required.

Job description Job responsibilities

Demonstrate specialist theoretical knowledge of complex acute and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients.

Work closely with other health professionals and social servicesand provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice in meeting the needs of the clients.

Conduct a thorough holistic specialist Occupational Therapy assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures.

Recommend appropriate interventions topromote functional independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice.

Complete individual plans of care for clients who require input from integrated community services bed-based or home-based rehabilitation input.

Maintain effective multidisciplinary communicationwith other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met.

Providespecialist Occupational Therapy advice and support to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and reasoning.

Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation, education and demonstration of equipment.

Participate in and lead MDT meetings and complex family conferences.

Ensure management of clinical risk with complex patients.

To be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and completeinput in a timely, seamless manner.

Seek guidance from moreexperienced colleagues when required.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration

Desirable

• Registered Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists

Experience Essential

• Evidence of post registration experience as a band 5 sufficient to meet B6 requirements
• Evidence of working as an OT in a specialist team
• Evidence of recent CPD and course attendance with rehabilitation or equivalent
• Evidence of working in an MDT setting

Desirable

• Experience of using standardised assessments

Knowledge / Skill / abilities Essential

• Evidence of excellent professional and clinical knowledge and skills as an OT
• Basic computer skills and good patient record management
• Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner as well as in an MDT
• Access to car to use for work

Desirable

• Evidence of using outcome measures

Personal / Other Essential

• Evidence of self reflection and self appraisal

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration

Desirable

• Registered Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists

Experience Essential

• Evidence of post registration experience as a band 5 sufficient to meet B6 requirements
• Evidence of working as an OT in a specialist team
• Evidence of recent CPD and course attendance with rehabilitation or equivalent
• Evidence of working in an MDT setting

Desirable

• Experience of using standardised assessments

Knowledge / Skill / abilities Essential

• Evidence of excellent professional and clinical knowledge and skills as an OT
• Basic computer skills and good patient record management
• Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner as well as in an MDT
• Access to car to use for work

Desirable

• Evidence of using outcome measures

Personal / Other Essential

• Evidence of self reflection and self appraisal

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).

Additional information 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).

Employer details Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadowview Unit

Queen Mary's Hospital

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadowview Unit

Queen Mary's Hospital

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)