Occupational Therapist

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a creative, enthusiastic, and autonomous Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Haldon Eating Disorders Unit at Wonford House, Exeter.

This specialist adult service supports individuals with eating disorders through evidence-based, occupation-focused interventions aimed at enhancing engagement in meaningful activities to promote health, wellbeing, and community integration.

The Occupational Therapist will play a key role in specialist assessment and intervention, particularly around the occupation of food and social eating, and in supporting individuals to overcome barriers to participation through reasonable adjustments and adaptive strategies. The successful applicant will have experience working with adults with complex needs, and be confident in managing a specialist caseload, applying outcome measures, and contributing to multidisciplinary care. An interest or experience in sensory processing assessment and intervention is desirable.

The post also includes providing clinical supervision and support to junior staff, students, and apprentices, as well as contributing to leadership, service development, and research within the Occupational Therapy team and the wider Haldon Eating Disorders Service.

We welcome applicants with transferable skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Main duties of the job

Deliver
specialist
OT assessments and interventions targeting meaningful
occupation, especially relating to food, eating, and social participation.

Promote
health,
well-being, and community reintegration through
occupation-focused approaches on an individual and/or group basis.

Contribute
to the multi-disciplinary
team by offering specialist advice, be involved clinical discussions and collaborative working within disciplines.

Provide
leadership
and supervision to junior staff, students, and apprentices.

Participate
in service
development, research, and refinement of the clinical model.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc/ MSc/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Commitment to undertake continuing professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • Sound theoretical understanding of OT practice and recovery principles within Mental Health settings.
  • Ability to transfer core OT skills from different settings to an ED setting.
  • Knowledge of mental health legislation and relevant NICE guidelines/ national policies.
  • Understanding of role of OT in the multidisciplinary team.
  • Understanding of team dynamics.
  • Sound Risk Assessment skills.
  • Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork.
  • Experience of planning, implementing and evaluating groups.

Desirable

  • Understanding of Eating Disorders and Therapeutic boundaries.
  • Experience of working with individuals with Eating Disorders.

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.