Occupational Therapy Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NELFT Acute Mental Health Occupational Therapy Service.

The Occupational Therapy profession within NELFT is a highly valued, vibrant group based across a wide range of health services.

Occupational Therapy Assistants work with multi-disciplinary teams contributing their unique knowledge and skills, supporting service users to increase their independence and achieve their personal goals while supporting recovery and social inclusion.

Within this service you will have the opportunity to work with service users throughout the acute mental health care pathway, supporting the provision of specialist OT assessment and interventions to service users as inpatients, in the community and in their homes., To assist the Acute Mental Health Occupational Therapist in the assessment, interventions and reviews of service users.

To work independently to facilitate group and individual work planned with an Occupational Therapist and /or ward team members

Contribute specialist knowledge and expertise related to a creative and/or leisure pursuit to the central and ward activity programme

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735).