Lead OT

Main area Eating Disorders Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (There may be the option of permanent employment depending on the recruitment situation at the end of the fixed term) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Between Monday and Friday - the service will be open between 8.15 and
5) Job
-SS-10098

Employer Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Rosanne House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HG
Town Welwyn Garden City Salary £50,008 - £56,908 per annum pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 23:59

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

The East of England Adult Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative is recruiting to their newly remodelled alternative to SEDU admission service.

They are looking to backfill a band 7 Lead Occupational Therapy role which, together with a second Occupational Therapist (also being recruited), will lead on Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions including the EMPSA. The post will be a secondment or a fixed term post for a 12 month period.

The service is hosted by both HPFT and CPFT and this post will be managed by HPFT.

The service will use the EMPSA to assess service users at the beginning and end of treatment and tools such as the MOHO to assess a service user's functioning and support them to build the non-eating disordered parts of their lives.

The postholder will work closely with the nurses, dietitian, psychotherapist, consultant psychiatrist, support workers and particularly the assistant therapy practitioners to provide a comprehensive and intensive formulation guided service that will work to support the service user to restore weight and remain at home whenever possible.

The team covers the east of England region and the postholder will at times be required to travel to bases across the region, and at times will work online from home or from a local Trust base.

Work with the specialist multidisciplinary team.

Provide OT and EMPSA assessments for service users of the Intensive service and create treatment plans from them.

Support Service users to avoid specialist inpatient admission whereever possible

Advise the multidisciplinary team on learnings from OT interventions and recommended input

Participate in generic initial assessments for those who might come into treatment

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

The post holder will work as an autonomous and highly skilled Specialist Occupational Therapist within the alternative pathway to Specialist Eating Disorder inpatient admission, providing advanced clinical input to adults with eating disorders and their carers.

The primary purpose of the role is to deliver specialist occupational therapy interventions that promote safety, functional recovery, and community‑based stabilisation, thereby reducing the need for inpatient admission.

Using expert knowledge of eating disorder symptomatology, psychopathology, and their impact on occupational performance, the post holder will complete comprehensive assessments, develop robust formulations, and implement evidence‑based interventions that enhance engagement in meaningful occupations and support sustained recovery. This includes planning, delivering, and evaluating individual and group interventions, both online and in person, in collaboration…