# Assertive Outreach Occupational Therapist **Company**: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: Uxbridge **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: permanent **Salary**: £45,953 to £54,254 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9333-26-1344?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_655e7e54-188 ## Description Hillingdon Adult Community Mental Health Services are seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our new Assertive Outreach pathway. The successful candidate will join a wider Community Mental Health Hub OT service that prides itself on innovation, excellent service delivery and continued learning. The post is based at Mill House, but you will be required to visit patients across the Borough depending on service demand. **Main duties of the job** - Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for individuals with complex mental health needs - Provide assertive outreach interventions, including intensive and time-limited support during periods of risk or disengagement - Use proactive and persistent engagement approaches to maintain contact with individuals who are difficult to engage - Plan and deliver interventions with clear goals, outcome measures and structured transition planning - Contribute to risk assessment and management, balancing positive risk-taking with safety - Manage referrals and hold a small, high-intensity caseload within the multidisciplinary team - Prioritise work load and delegate appropriately to support staff - Apply occupational therapy models (e.g. MOHO) to inform clinical reasoning and interventions - Use outcome measures to evaluate effectiveness and inform care planning - Place service users at the centre of goal setting and involve carers where appropriate - Deliver culturally responsive and inclusive care - Prescribe equipment to support occupational performance in line with Trust policy **About us** We are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive and reflective working environment where people feel valued, listened to and able to do their best work. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that prioritises recovery-focused, person-centred care and values collaboration, curiosity and compassion. **Benefits** - Flexible working - Regular supervision - Protected reflective space - Wide range of staff wellbeing resources - Award-winning staff networks - Extensive NHS benefits package **Requirements** - Degree/Diploma or equivalent in OT - HCPC registered as an OT - Relevant post-grad training - Experience as an OT in secondary mental health - Experience of engaging people who find it difficult to access/sustain contact with services - Experience of managing a complex caseload, including lone working and autonomous decision-making - Ability to apply OT theory/models/assessments to plan & deliver 1:1 and groupwork - Strong and adaptable communication skills - Understanding of how mental and physical health impact on occupational performance ## Skills ### Required - Occupational Therapy - Mental Health - Assertive Outreach - Risk Management - Communication Skills ### Nice to have - Practice Educator training - RCOT membership - Training in specialist standardised assessments - Trauma-informed practice --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9333-26-1344?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)