Senior Occupational Therapist

£38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year, £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

04/04/2026

Main Duties/Responsibilities

• To work effectively as a member of the community team as an autonomous practitioner in providing a range of therapy interventions (individual and group) using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals, in collaboration with multidisciplinary team members.
• To manage a clinical caseload of adults with mental health needs requiring occupational assessment and treatment interventions with clients in the community as well as within their home environment.
• To undertake occupational therapy assessments/treatment interventions based on the model of human occupation, with designated service users, utilising investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised treatment plans.
• To work collaboratively with service users to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall recovery care plan.
• To utilise standardised and non-standardised occupational therapy assessment tools as part of the assessment process.
• To actively engage and motivate service users in the occupations of self-care, productivity and leisure.
• To establish effective communication with service users, carers, and other health workers and agencies both internally and externally.
• To ensure that electronic records are maintained in accordance with trust and professional standards and provide specialist OT reports.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effective intervention.
• To work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members providing occupational therapy specific contributions to the care and treatment process of patients.
• To utilise clinical reasoning skills, demonstrating critical thinking, reflection and analysis from which to inform practice.
• To apply an experiential understanding of the effects of functional, cognitive and physical impairment related to mental health needs in the therapeutic process of treatment planning and intervention.
• To be responsible for planning and delivery of occupational therapy interventions in a variety of environments, according to service user need.
• To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality occupational therapy service.

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