South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Specialist Occupational Therapist
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Forensic Outreach Service (FOS). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention to adults with complex mental health needs and forensic histories living in the community.
About the Role
As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide advanced occupational therapy interventions, lead a small team of occupational therapy staff to ensure consistent delivery within the forensic outreach service and newly developed forensic step down unit. You will contribute to service development, in particular you will support the development of pathways between forensic inpatient and community services, and you will support the ongoing growth of occupational therapy practice within forensic community services.
The post offers an excellent opportunity to apply specialist clinical skills, lead innovation, support staff development, and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused care.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation and intervention for service users with complex mental health needs and forensic backgrounds.
- Manage an independent specialist caseload using advanced clinical reasoning and professional judgement.
- Use evidence-based Occupational Therapy approaches and specialist assessments, including the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), to inform care planning and intervention.
- Develop occupational formulations and deliver recovery-focused interventions that support meaningful occupational outcomes.
- Lead and coordinate Occupational Therapy provision within the team, ensuring effective workload management and service delivery.
- Provide clinical and professional leadership, supervision and support to Occupational Therapy staff, support workers and students.
- Act as a specialist Occupational Therapy resource within the multidisciplinary team, offering expert consultation and advice.
- Lead and contribute to quality improvement initiatives, service development projects, audits and governance activities.
- Promote social inclusion, independence, wellbeing and recovery through person-centred practice.
- Support the development of Occupational Therapy services in collaboration with senior therapy leadership.
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About Us
We are Proud to Belong at Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
- This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
- We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
- We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
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Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Catherine Sellars
- Job title: Forensic Community Service Manager
- Email address: catherine.sellars@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02035136643
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