Senior Occupational Therapist

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

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Join our dynamic Forensic Occupational Therapy Team at KMPT!

Are you an innovative, compassionate, and recovery-focused Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? We are looking for a Band 6 OT to join our established Forensic OT team at the Trevor Gibbens Unit (TGU) - a medium secure hospital providing specialist care for adults with complex mental health needs and forensic histories.

You'll be working across specific pathways with patients detained under the Mental Health Act, supporting their recovery journey, trauma-informed care, and risk-sensitive practice.

What we offer:

oA supportive and experienced multi-disciplinary team

oA strong Occupational Therapy identity with access to regular supervision and CPD opportunities

oA service underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and evidence-based practice

oOpportunities to deliver both 1:1 and group interventions tailored to individual goals and needs

oA focus on patient-centred care, skill development, and preparation for transition or discharge

About you:

oHCPC-registered Occupational Therapist

oPassionate about forensic mental health and recovery-oriented practice

oSkilled in assessment, planning and delivering occupation-focused interventions

oConfident working within the MOHO framework

oAble to manage risk within a secure environment and contribute to robust clinical documentation

o A collaborative practitioner who thrives in a multi-disciplinary team

Main duties of the job

o To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs.

o To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan that maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.

o To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.

o To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards

o To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Date posted

09 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-FR0520-C

Job locations

Trevor Gibbens Unit

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Applicant form

Essential

A recognised Occupational Therapist Professional qualification
Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.

Desirable

Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in mental health OT
Extensive case work experience of working with mentally ill clients
Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Experience of delivering clinical supervision
Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place

Desirable

Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Experience of working within forensic mental health

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge of MoHO and assessment tools or appropriate model of practice
Ability to make decisions and work collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team
Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
Proficient in all forms of communication
Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources
Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
Reflective Practitioner

Desirable

Knowledge of offending behaviour and mental illness and the effects
Knowledge of current trends in occupational therapy and the treatment of people within secure services
To be able to prepare and deliver presentations and teaching sessions

Person Specification

Applicant form

Essential

A recognised Occupational Therapist Professional qualification
Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.

Desirable

Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in mental health OT
Extensive case work experience of working with mentally ill clients
Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Experience of delivering clinical supervision
Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place

Desirable

Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Experience of working within forensic mental health

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge of MoHO and assessment tools or appropriate model of practice
Ability to make decisions and work collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team
Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
Proficient in all forms of communication
Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources
Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
Reflective Practitioner

Desirable

Knowledge of offending behaviour and mental illness and the effects
Knowledge of current trends in occupational therapy and the treatment of people within secure services
To be able to prepare and deliver presentations and teaching sessions

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.