Occupational Therapist

Job summary We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with older adults. A part time position has become available in Bromley Older Adult Community Mental Health Team and we warmly welcome your applications. You will deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment and recovery-focused interventions to a small caseload through individual and group work. You will promote active engagement in meaningful occupations and facilitate the skills development and independence of service users. Main duties of the job The postholder will work in collaboration with other Occupational Therapists in the CMHT in contributing to the development and delivery of the OT pathway, while also holding care co-ordination responsibility for a small, defined number of service users. You will promote occupational therapy, supervise support staff and students, and contribute to service development and quality improvement across the service. We are seeking someone that is motivated, organised, able to work autonomously and work collaboratively with the MDT, as well as our partners in the acute directorate to promote recovery and ensure a smooth transition for patients. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Details Date posted 09 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £45,953 to £54,254 a year pro rata per annum inc Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 277-8348170-CMH Job locations Bridgeways Turpington Road Bromley BR2 8JZ United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Key Task and Responsibilities Clinical To manage a clinical caseload To work as a member of the MDT To support the development of evidence-based OT practice To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work. To contribute to service development To participate in research/audit activities To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT students on fieldwork placement To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT To work independently without direct supervision To follow an agreed job plan To manage a capped caseload of service users with complex mental health needs, taking on the role of Care Co-ordinator - On occasions, you may be required to support the duty system To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and identify outcomes To plan and deliver services in line with the CPA framework, Community Mental Health Framework and NHS Long Term Plan To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions To identify appropriate & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload To manage effective discharge en