Employer Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Rosanne House Town Welwyn Garden City Salary £41,957 – £50,387 Pro rata per annum (inclusive of 5% fringe) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/09/2026 23:59
Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Band 6 Mental Health Community Occupational Therapist
Location : East Herts based in Welwyn Garden City, secondary base in Bishops Stortford
Hours : Part time 0.64 FTE: 24 hours per week (does not include shift or weekend work). Hybrid working available.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Trust are looking for a band 6 Occupational Therapist to work in Community Mental Health Services for Older People.
Our OT posts are varied and no two days are the same – home assessments, MDTs, taking service users out, service development, meetings, training sessions.
See what other OT staff have said at www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ahp/occupational-therapists/
As an Occupational Therapist in HPFT you would:
Be part of a team, not a lone professional
Be part of MDTs that value and respect OT
Be involved in CPD and reflective practice – these happen on a monthly basis.
Our OTs are valued and work as OTs within the teams – minimal generic work, and are supervised by experienced Specialist/Head/Lead Occupational Therapists
You would receive support and be part of an OT network across all the services.
Car driver essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
We also offer:
- Paid opportunities for OTs Returning to Practice after a break or for those wanting to expand their experience into a new field of practice
Main duties of the job
As an Occupational therapist you would be required to:
Build a working relationship with clients to ensure treatment provided for every person is unique and targeted to their individual needs. To enable you to assist them in being able to improve their function despite their underlying mental health condition. Provide Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions for a specified service user group, carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and to develop the Occupational Therapy service provision within the setting.
Working for our organisation
What we offer:
Development opportunities – Receive training and support working from a band 5 to 6 Be part of MDTs that value and respect OTs. Our OTs are valued – there will be minimal generic work and you will be supervised by experienced Specialist/Head/Lead Occupational Therapists.
Be involved in CPD and reflective practice – these happen on a monthly basis.
You would receive support and be part of an OT network across all the services.
Paid opportunities for OTs Returning to Practice
We welcome flexible and hybrid working – Including additional bank work for qualified and unqualified experienced staff
Our trust is dedicated in creating the best work life balance for our employees and our Mental Health Community team for older people welcome flexible and hybrid working.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission.
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:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are a small, friendly established team committed to providing occupational therapy assessments and interventions in order to benefit the people we work with.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- You would have a community caseload
- Supervision of junior and support staff
- Provision of specialist OT interventions- supervision and instruction can be provided
- Recruitment
- In service training/CPD sessions
- Use of MOHO -instruction/training can be provided
- Involvement in service review opportunities
Please see job description attached for further detail on the job responsibilities
If you have any further questions around this vacancy, please contact Madeleine Stokes using the details below
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge & Training
- BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
- Demonstrate an ability to learn new software and keep up to date with development in IT
- Completion of preceptorship and/or evidence of having met the full KSF Gateway for Band 5 OT’s
- Evidence of relevant post grad training.
Experience
- Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting
- Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
- Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
- Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
Skills, Knowledge & Ability
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal and the ability to persuade and negotiate with peers and senior colleagues
- Proven track record of working within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of team dynamics
- Ability to provide and receive sensitive and difficult information regarding service users care and social situation
- Knowledge of and effective use of appropriate professional relationships and boundaries
- Knowledge and application of key policy, health legislation and guidelines which impact on OT and mental health/LD practice.
- High level of ability to grade and adapt practical skills
- Evidence of delivery of training and professional development sessions
Analytical Skills
- Ability to apply broad knowledge of current best practice in OT and mental health
- A high level of problem solving/clinical judgement skills and the ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
- Ability to respond and adjust appropriately to the changing needs of service users
- Highly developed Observational skills
- Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation Assessment tools and or equivalent in area
- Highly developed ability to evaluate group interventions and outcomes
- Highly developed case formulation skills to guide own OT intervention plan and those of others
- Experience of audits/evaluations of interventions and direct involvement of implementation of any subsequent changes to practice.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Madeleine Stokes Job title Head Occupational Therapist Email address madeleine.stokes@nhs.net Telephone number 07971992001 Additional information
Please note I am part time and work Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays
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