Senior Community Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Fixed term - 12 month (maternity leave cover)

QPP Community Mental Health Hub are seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team

This is an excellent opportunity for a therapist who is ready to take the next step in their career and develop their Occupational Therapy skills in acommunity mental health setting.We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high‑quality care, proactive, engaged, and committed to supporting people in their mental health recovery.

The successful candidate will join an Occupational Therapy service that prides itself on innovation, excellent service delivery and continued learning. Further you will join a Hub of services that includes Nursing, Psychology, Community Navigators, Lived Experience Practitioners and Employment Specialists.

This post is based in Queens Park and Paddington Community Hub, but you will be required to visit patients across the Boroughs depending on service demand.

We operate a five‑day service and working hours run from 9 am to 5 pm.

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• To provide the multi-disciplinary team with an Occupational Therapy service and expertise, this will include individual and group work, assessment, intervention and evaluation in accordance with the Royal College of OT Code of Ethics.
• To utilise evidence-based assessment tools such as those described in the Model of Human Occupation, to establish a baseline functional assessment from which recommendations can determine further ongoing care and treatment to enable optimum functioning.
• To integrate evidence-based practice and skilful use of assessments & interventions with personal recovery principles to improve the service users’ quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and live the life they want to lead.
• To Key Work a caseload of service users and provide specialist occupational therapy interventions for individuals who have identified occupational performance needs within the Team
• To provide group work and build partnerships with local organisations to support individuals on their recovery journey and to improve their health and wellbeing.
• To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental illness and physical conditions; providing training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user’s social and physical environment.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal as required. To act as practice educator to students on practice placement.

Are you passionate about helping others live meaningful lives? Join us as an Occupational therapist at CNWL.

At the Queens Park and Paddington Community Mental Health Hub, we are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive and reflective working environment where people feel valued, listened to and able to do their best work. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that prioritises recovery focused, person centred care and values collaboration, curiosity and compassion.

We recognise that high quality care depends on staff wellbeing, and we actively support flexible working, regular supervision and protected space for reflection and learning. We are committed to developing our OTs and supporting career progression. This includes access to role relevant training such as psychosocial interventions, opportunities to develop leadership capability, and pathways to broaden or specialise your practice within community mental health. As part of CNWL, you will also benefit from a wide range of staff wellbeing resources, award winning staff networks, and an extensive NHS benefits package designed to support your work life balance and personal wellbeing.

See attached Job description and Person Specification for further information on the job role requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical

1.1 To provide manage a caseload of service users with multiple, enduring and complex mental health needs through provision of therapeutic care and treatment in the individual’s own home and other

community venues.

1.2 To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for service users within the hub in order to establish and meet their occupational needs.

1.3 To provide full vocational needs assessment, advice and on-going intervention related to an individual’s vocational needs.

1.4 To select and use validated standardised assessment tools routinely and in practice, exhibiting clinical reasoning skills; to include the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments.

1.5 To apply specialist clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches and in line with the Trust’s Research and Development Strategy; to lead and

supervise junior staff in this practice as required.

1.6 To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches.

1.7 To support service users and colleagues to ensure that care plans are developed in partnership with the individual and that they reflect ‘recovery goals’. These should be strengths-based and oriented

towards reinforcing a positive identity and developing valued social roles.

1.8 To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals.

1.9 To identify opportunities and needs for group work in the community and to plan, implement, facilitate and evaluate community groups which promote social inclusion for service users.

1.10 To establish links with the CNWL Recovery College; and as appropriate, deliver courses within the college alongside peer trainers.

1.11 To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental illness and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user’s social and physical environment.

1.12 To determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on service user’s functional ability and

This advert closes on Thursday 28 May 2026

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