Senior Occupational Therapist | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Join Our Team as a Dynamic Occupational Therapist!

Are you a passionate and innovative Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic OT to join our supportive forensic inpatient team!

About the Role:This full-time Band 6 OT position is based at River House Occupational Therapy Team, where you'll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team. You'll manage a diverse and engaging therapeutic activity programme alongside the ward’s Activity Practitioner. As the ward link OT and a key member of the Recovery Hub, you'll deliver impactful OT interventions using the Model of Human Occupation and sensory approaches, playing a crucial role in supporting service users through their recovery and discharge plans.

Why Join Us?

Collaborative Environment: Work within a supportive and multidisciplinary team.

Innovative Practices: Implement creative therapeutic techniques

Professional Growth: Opportunities for continuous learning and development.

Meaningful Impact: Make a real difference in the lives of service users.

If you're ready to bring your creativity, compassion, and expertise to a team dedicated to transforming lives, we want to hear from you!

As an Occupational Therapist in the service, you would be part of a multi professional clinical team and carry a caseload in the A2 (Acute pathway) or ARP (Assertive rehab pathway) . You would support the delivery of specialist assessments and recovery focused and occupation-based interventions in line with Royal College of Occupational Therapy national practice guidance. You would also be involved in the delivery of core interventions, taking on the clinical leadership for that hub and supporting any innovation and ongoing service development. There would also be opportunity to support variety of involvement projects within the service and the Forensic Recovery College too.

We are a diverse and friendly Occupational Therapy team comprising OTs, OT Technicians, Clinical Exercise Instructors and Education Tutors. We offer a range of Recovery Hub based interventions, including Remotivation, Vocation and Employability, Physical Activities and Health Promotion, Creative Arts and Education. We have a café and library which form the main basis for our commercial vocation schemes and have well established links with mainstream employers and a host of community vocation projects. We work in partnership with CALAT (Croydon Adult Learning and Training) to offer a range of accredited qualifications and deliver these in house.

The service is mainly based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital where we support service users within medium and low levels of security both in River House and Chaffinch ward. In addition, we support service users at Ward in the Community which are based on the Lambeth Hospital site in Clapham. We work with men and women who have a range of mental health problems and a history of offending behaviour, which have brought them into contact with the criminal justice system.

We are a diverse and friendly Occupational Therapy team comprising OTs, OT Technicians, Clinical Exercise Instructors and Education Tutors. We offer a range of Recovery Hub based interventions, including Remotivation, Vocation and Employability, Physical Activities and Health Promotion, Creative Arts and Education. We have a café and library which form the main basis for our commercial vocation schemes and have well established links with mainstream employers and a host of community vocation projects. We work in partnership with CALAT (Croydon Adult Learning and Training) to offer a range of accredited qualifications and deliver these in house.

The service is mainly based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital where we support service users within medium and low levels of security both in River House and Chaffinch ward. In addition, we support service users at Ward in the Community which are based on the Lambeth Hospital site in Clapham. We work with men and women who have a range of mental health problems and a history of offending behaviour, which have brought them into contact with the criminal justice system.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025