Occupational Therapist (Rotation)

The post holder will oversee and provide occupational therapy assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation to a designated group of people accessing the (local information) service to promote well-being, recovery and social inclusion. To achieve this, the post holder will hold and integrate both the occupational therapy specific and generic elements of their job, whilst complying with the College of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

The rotation covers settings from inpatient acute care, forensic, community and specialist settings such as eating disorders and perinatal services.

The South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive, complex mental health services both locally and nationally. The Trust has approximately 4,000 staff and a budget in excess of £330 million. It is part of Kings Health Partners, the Academic Health Sciences Centre, and (AHSC) we have established with Kings College London, Kings College Hospital and Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trusts.

Directorates are structures which bring together clinical services, education and training and academic activities within a series of single managerial units.

The occupational therapy workforce and associated Allied Health Professions workforce consists of approximately 200 staff based in all the Trust Directorates.

The Band 5 rotation consists of more than 30 posts in a mix of locally based and national specialist units with each rotation period being one year in length.