Senior Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Job summary

Are you B6 Occupational Therapist who wants to develop their skills and experience working with people with Complex Psychosis in the Norwich, North and South Norfolk area? Are you passionate about teamwork and making a positive difference in people’s lives? We’d love for you to join us working in our Rehabilitation for Complex Psychosis community mental health team based at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich.

Our Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Community Mental Health Team is seeking an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about empowering service users with complex needs to achieve their Recovery goals. This role includes care coordination, with a low caseload and also time for profession specific tasks.

We are a multi-agency team based at Hellesdon Hospital, specialising in creative engagement, person-centred working and supporting people who face many different challenges in their daily life work towards recovery.

Staff in the team social workers from Norfolk County Council, Recovery workers and Peer support workers from Together, Substance Misuse Practitioners from Change Grow Live, as well as Occupational Therapists, Medical staff, Nursing staff, Administrators, Physician Associate and Psychologists employed by NSFT.

Main duties of the job

You will have supervision from a Clinical Lead AHP (Occupational Therapist) in a multi disciplinary team including a dedicated Occupational Therapist, Community Mental Health Nurses, Peer Support Workers, Senior Support Workers, CGL and Social Workers.

This is a clinically focussed post with emphasis on ensuring high quality clinical care provision and outcomes. We work with people in their own homes, residential care and supported living settings as well as, on occasion, in-reaching to people who are in a mental health hospital bed.

This is a team which strongly values the unique contribution of Occupational Therapy alongside our other disciplines. We see Occupational Therapy as pivotal in helping service users identify and overcome the barriers which prevent them from living the lives they want to live.

This caseload holding role offers many opportunities to maintaining your core skills, such as low caseloads, supervision with an AHP lead, development networks, regularly hosting OT students, and support to undertake OT specific assessments and treatments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc/MSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Experience of working with groups of people
  • Ability to work both independently and under supervision

Desirable

  • Relevant post graduate training courses

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience in mental health
  • Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience

Desirable

  • Experience working in a range of mental health settings.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to deliver OT assessment / treatment with designated client group.
  • Ability to work under pressure managing own caseload and effective prioritisation

Desirable

  • Experience of assessing and prescribing equipment.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel independently.
  • Undertake physical intervention training and remain trained in techniques, as required by role

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: 9 November 2026

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