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Senior Occupational Therapist (Rotational)

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Newham, London, E13 8SP £45,953 – £54,254 a year Permanent Posted 11 September 2026 Apply by 24 September 2026

Home Office register entry: East London NHS Foundation Trust, London

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Closest occupation match: SOC 2222, Occupational therapists. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

Rotational Occupational Therapist Newham

Due to the promotion of one of our therapists, we have an opportunity to join our popular Band 6 rotation within Newham! This rotation gives experience across a range of services and currently includes Acute inpatient mental health (triage and treatment wards), Community adult mental health services, Home treatment team (HTT), Diagnostic memory services and Older Adult community team. Rotations are 9 months in duration.

Rotations might be further expanded and changed to reflect the needs of our community, the development needs of our therapists and our service needs.

The development of all our Occupational Therapists are important to us. You will have access to peer and professional supervision, monthly educational sessions, CPD-sessions, quality improvement training and early leadership development. We value and celebrate diversity and are interested in any unique skills and life experiences you could bring to the role!

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to be part of the Senior Occupational Therapy rotation, providing meaningful Occupational Therapy (OT) input across Adult and Older Adult Mental Health services in Newham.

As a rotational therapist, the exact job plan, skills and knowledge depends on the rotation. However, across rotations there is a particular focus on service users' recovery and social inclusion goals, via both individual and group work. The ability to understand first and foremost what matters to the individual, is central to the role. Sound clinical reasoning drawing on a range of models, theories, lived experience and specialist skills will be developed. It is also important to draw on your dual training in both physical and mental health.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted

11 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum Inc Outer HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-NEW8279197

Job locations

Newham Community and Inpatient settings

Various locations

Newham, London

E13 8SP

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
HCPC Registration
Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Experience of CPD and role development activities

Desirable

Practice Placement Educator Training

Experience

Essential

Experience in clinical mental health setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field.
Evidence of Service Development activities.
Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
Experience of managing own caseload
Experience of individual and group work
Experience of staff/student supervision

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge of how mental health difficulties impact upon occupational functioning and performance.
Knowledge of current National legislation, policies and guidelines relevant to adult community mental health and their application.
Occupational and vocational assessment skills
Specialist clinical skills to carry out OT interventions: therapeutic and activity based interventions; remedial training and cognitive behavioral interventions and psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions
Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of OT interventions including knowledge of outcome measures.
Ability to manage a complex clinical caseload
Ability to undertake clinical risk assessment
Ability to communicate difficult information
Ability to undertake supervision
Ability to assess and manage verbal aggression and risk of physical aggression in inpatient and community settings, reducing risks to those involved.
Ability to plan and work with statutory and non-statutory services around clinical issues oWord-processing/IT skills
Good organisational and time management skills.
Ability to maintain the profile of OT within a MDT and the organisation

Desirable

Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate clinical service provision.
Ability to provide training and presentations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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