Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 08 June 2025

Job summary

Join Our Team as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in Eating Disorders!

Are you passionate about developing your career as a Specialist Occupational Therapist. Why not come and be a part of our innovative Eating Disorders Service ? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Trust-wide Adult Eating Disorders Service (AEDS). we have lots of exciting devleopmnets ahead.

Position Details:

Location: Based within ourAdult Eating disorder service at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, and our HQ in Leatherhead

Career Development: We are committed to supporting your growth and development, we have a comprehensive MDT AEDS academic programme and inhouse occupational therapy CPD programme. We support AHP preceptorship, student placemnets and hold an Annual AHP conference.

Team Environment:You will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to pioneering innovative approaches to meet the occupational needs of our service users, ensuring high-quality service delivery.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access AEDS services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.

To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies. To contribute to the generic functioning of the team. Toprovide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate)

To provide occupational therapy student placements.

To contribute to service development and audits.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

29 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,205 to £47,084 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-7209200-CYPS-AED

Job locations

Albert Suite, Farnham Road Hospital (and Leatherhead HQ)

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Occupational Therapy profession qualification

Desirable

Completion of a Fieldwork Educators Course

Experience

Essential

Relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
Evidence of an interest and skills in this specialist area
Evidence of clinical reasoning

Desirable

Experience of treating eating disorders
Experinece of contributing to a service development project
Experience as a supervisor
Experinece of supporting students on placement

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Occupational Therapy profession qualification

Desirable

Completion of a Fieldwork Educators Course

Experience

Essential

Relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
Evidence of an interest and skills in this specialist area
Evidence of clinical reasoning

Desirable

Experience of treating eating disorders
Experinece of contributing to a service development project
Experience as a supervisor
Experinece of supporting students on placement

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.