Job Description

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist with an interest in mental health to join our friendly inpatient Occupational Therapy Team at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, to work within our acute wards.


You will be working closely with an Occupational Therapy Assistant to provide a range of Occupational Therapy Assessments and interventions with our patients.


This post is open to newly qualified Occupational Therapists, we will provide you with the guidance and support to build your practical knowledge and skills in the MOHO based assessments and Occupational Therapy interventions. To ensure we provide equity for all patients we offer a range of Occupational Therapy Pathways including Psycho-Educational/ Functional/ Physical Health/ Cognitive/ Sensory. We work with patients to support their transition back into the community, building a meaningful structure and routine.


Working together as a team in this way will ensure we deliver high quality therapeutic care to patients who are experiencing deterioration in their mental health. The remit of the team is to provide a range of occupational focused therapeutic interventions to support the patient journey of recovery from admission through to discharge.


The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.



We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

You'll have the opportunity to deliver high quality treatment programmes that support recovery of working age males detained under both criminal and civil sections of the Mental Health Act, who experience enduring mental health problems, acute mental illness, and may present with behavioural expression of distress.


The ability to show your leadership skills by working with others to support patients' recovery journey through delegating tasks to the Occupational Therapy Assistant and other members of the team to build and enhance others skills and confidence.


We will fully induct you to the site and service. We will protect and dedicate time for you to access regular supervision from a senior Occupational Therapist plus monthly peer supervision and be supported to develop and enhance your skills through our well-established in-service training.


A car driver is not essential for this post.


If you would like further information or would like to arrange a visit to meet us, then please call 0116 2252669 to speak with Katie Crowfoot or Sarah Berrington.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.