Senior Occupational Therapist

The acute hospital setting is a dynamic and exciting place to be, and as the ward's OT you will need to be enthusiastic, responsive, creative and adaptive! You will be responsible for facilitating a flexible and patient-centred activity programme, including a mixture of therapeutic groups and OT-focused sessions, as well as general recreation and leisure-based sessions. You will also be expected to offer 1:1 assessments and interventions as required for our service-users accessing the ward, to support with the development of individualised treatment / care plans. This may include conducting sensory or daily living assessments, and feeding these outcomes back to the team to inform a supportive and holistic MDT approach.

You will work closely with the nursing team and play a key role as a senior staff member within the MDT, as well as be supported by (and provide support to) the wider OT team working across our hospital wards. Your role will involve working closely with the ward team to help promote a shared culture of safety, recovery and person-centred practice.

Are you passionate about working in acute mental health? If so, this may be the perfect role for you!We are excited to be recruiting into not one but TWO senior Occupational Therapist roles, to work on our male acute wards (Luther King and Leo Ward) in Lambeth. We are looking for someone who is dynamic, hard-working, dedicated, creative and person-centred, with excellent communication skills and a passion for working in acute mental health!

This role would be ideal for an OT who has solid experience working within mental health . The role will involve overseeing the group programme and supporting with the designing and facilitating of therapeutic groups to engage and support our inpatient service-users, as well as undertaking occupationally-focused assessments and interventions as needed to support with their everyday functional needs, maximising their independence and supporting their recovery.

The successful candidate would be joining an experienced and well-established multi-disciplinary team, and would play a key role in supporting the engagement and recovery of our service-users on the ward, as well as promoting a collaborative approach to the use of therapeutic activity. You would be supported by the clinical lead OT and a supportive team of OT's working across the site. The role is incredibly rewarding, giving you a chance to truly hone in on your holistic OT skills and make a meaningful difference to the lives of our service-users.

This is your chance to become a part of the internationally renowned South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, who provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK and serve a local population of 1.3 million people in south London, as well as specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond.

We are also part of an academic health sciences centre called 'King's Health Partners', which is a collaboration with King's College London (KCL), and Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to put research at the core of everything we do, so we can improve our clinical care and be a leader in improving health and wellbeing - locally, nationally and globally.

By joining our hard working and passionate team in Lambeth, you are joining a Trust who are dedicated to delivering high quality, person-centred care, and who are committed to embed and work alongside our Trust Values - Kindness, Respect, Together.

Your continuing professional development will be actively supported through supervision and clinical leadership from the inpatient band 7 OT as well as other senior members of the service, plus a range of additional opportunities such as OT peer support, CPD opportunities, and access to training from SLaM and the Quality Centre.