Specialist Occupational Therapist B5/6 Developmental

NHS; Godalming; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in a dynamic team focused on mental health recovery. This role involves providing high-quality assessments and interventions, mentoring staff, and engaging in continuous professional development. The ideal candidate should have a valid driving license and experience in mental health. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to community health and well-being.

Qualifications

• Must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience working with people with mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality occupational therapy assessments.
• Lead on project work relevant to the team/service.
• Mentor junior occupational therapy staff.

Skills

Supervision

Communication

Occupational Therapy

Education

Occupational Therapy professional qualification

Completion of Fieldwork Educators' course

Job description

Go back Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist B5/6 Developmental

The closing date is 22 May 2025

An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and join our dynamic Occupational Therapy team in Waverley Community Mental Health Recovery Service.

We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.

The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to offering extensive, co-ordinated CPD programmes including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference.

The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• To provide supervision (if relevant to post) and mentoring to junior occupational therapy staff, occupational therapy apprentices, activity coordinators and support workers.
• To provide clinical placements for occupational therapy students.
• To lead on project work relevant to the team/service, with support from the Lead Occupational Therapist.
• To provide high quality occupational therapy assessments for people who access the service, adapting the approach as and when needed.
• To provide evidence based and outcome measured occupational therapy interventions (individual and group), as outlined in the occupational therapy pathway.
• To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area.
• To communicate complex and challenging issues in an effective and compassionate way with people who access services, carers/family members/supporters, other clinicians and agencies/services.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.
• To engage in your own CPD to ensure that you have the knowledge and skills to deliver high quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy professional qualification; HCPC
• B6 additionally Completion of Fieldwork educators' course
• Completion of a Fieldwork Educators' course

Experience

• B5 Experience working with people with mental health (can be pre- qualification)
• B5/6 Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
• B6 Experience of contributing to service development/project work
• B6 Experience as a supervisor
• Experience of contributing to service development/project work
• Experience of group facilitation
• Experience of supporting students on placement

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.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£31,469 to £47,084 a yearIncl 5% Fringe HCAS