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Occupational Therapist

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Posted 8 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

London, Greater London N8 7HR, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join a multidisciplinary mental health team.
  • The candidate should have a degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy and current registration with the HCPC.
  • Essential experience includes working in mental health settings and knowledge of therapeutic models like MOHO.
  • The position offers a salary of £35,000 per year.
  • Candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience in the field.
Job Summary:We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our clients’ multidisciplinary mental health team. The successful candidate will play an essential role in enabling our service users to develop greater independence, confidence, and control in their daily lives. Key Responsibilities:Clinical Duties:
  • To comply with the RCOT code of conduct and the HCPC guidelines.
  • Conduct assessments, interventions, and evaluations for a designated caseload using the MOHO framework.
  • Facilitate therapeutic activities and individual/group sessions for service users through embedding recovery principles.
  • To adapt activities and assessment to facilitate persons with Cognitive difficulties, Language difficulties, Social skills deficits, and Challenging behaviour, to work with interpreters where required
  • Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to plan, implement, review treatment plans and complete Activities of Daily Living (ADL) reports to support timely discharge.
 Non-Clinical Duties:
  • Actively promote Occupational Therapy within the service.
  • Participate in the development of the Occupational Therapy pathway at the hospital.
  • To supervise Activity Coordinators and Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Assist in the recruitment of new staff, supported by senior team members.
  • Support the service in meeting performance and contractual targets.
  • Deliver training to other professionals as needed.
 Person Specification:Essential Qualifications and Registration:
  • Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
  • Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development.
 Essential Experience and Skills:
  • Experience of working in mental health settings (inpatient or community).
  • Knowledge of mental health conditions, therapeutic models (e.g., MOHO, CMOP-E), and recovery-focused approaches.
  • Ability to assess complex needs and deliver effective, person-centred interventions.
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and team-working skills.
  • Proficient in managing a caseload and prioritising workload under pressure.
Please note – unfortunately, our client is unable to provide visa sponsorship.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.