Senior Occupational Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Ipswich, IP3 8XL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Sept 2026

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Summary

This essential work will be supported by our AHP Lead and will offer opportunity to engage with other OTs in our Locality and across the Trust with a specific focus on psychosis. The post holder will undertake the planning/delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a MDT/multi-agency environment. Managing a caseload of individuals experiencing their First Episode of Psychosis and the provision of mental health care services in line with NICE guidelines / quality standards for EIS. Provide planned care/risk assessment / screening for patients within their care plan and ongoing evaluation of patients needs via caseload management/supervision. Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required. To advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and/or health and social care professional of any change in the patients conditions and / or circumstances. To work within the MDT offering specialist OT advise, screening and / assessment and to form working partnerships with other care providers. To ensure service users/carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the MDT. To provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision of the Clinical Team Leader. Assist with the supervision of peers if requested. To enable service users to gain and maintain independence, always promoting hope and reducing potential stigma. To lead on Social Recovery groupwork programme. Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personal development plans on an annual basis. Undertake the supervision of students that will be undertaking placements within the Team. We are confident that being part of EIP Suffolk would enable you to be the practitioner you trained, and would like, to be. This role will offer you the time and facilities to make a difference, whilst having the much wider Trust network across Suffolk.

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