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Job overview

This is a great clinical leadership opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist with mental health experience to develop their skills as a senior practitioner within West London NHS Trust. An Occupational therapist with the necessary skills, enthusiasm and experience to lead the mental health recovery OT team at Ealing North and South MINT.

West London NHS Trust has successfully bid for funding to develop its community mental health service in an exciting new direction, meaning that the successful applicant will be expected to develop a new focus for the occupational therapy service in line with the community mental health framework and the NHS long term plan. This policy framework places the patient at the centre of everything that we do and means that the occupational therapy service will be flexible, innovative and creative.

You will work in collaboration with the existing clinical lead in Ealing Action and together you will forge a successful occupational therapy service that meets the needs of people with mental health difficulties living in the community. Additionally, you will work alongside clinical leads from other professions in providing multi-disciplinary care.  

You will also need to form effective working relationships with the wider clinical team, inpatients services, older persons, perinatal and CAMHS. 

Main duties of the job

You will take responsibility for supporting the head of OT in MINT and the Professional Lead Occupational Therapist and Head of VRS in the management and co-ordination of the occupational therapy Service. As a senior practitioner you will also be expected to support the MINT team managers in their absence and support in leadership activities.

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.