Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job summary
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!

We are delighted to offer an enthusiastic, self motivated team player to join our team as an Occupational Therapist assistant within the Directorate of Mental Health based at Stewart House in Narborough, 30 hours per week. This OT service has a Monday to Friday working pattern. Stewart House is a 30 bedded mixed gender adult Inpatient Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit that supports patients who have severe and enduring mental illness.

As a Band 3 Occupational Therapy assistant you will work within an MDT team with B6 and Band 5 Occupational Therapists and other OTAs to provide ongoing Occupational Therapy interventions and assessments to address patient needs in Functional, Psycho-social, Cognitive, Sensory and Physical Health areas. Working together as a team ensures we deliver high quality therapeutic care to patients who have experienced deterioration in their mental health and require longer term mental health rehabilitation. Using assessments eg, MOHOST, ACDM, we provide a range of occupational focused therapeutic interventions to support the patient journey of recovery from admission through to discharge. You will be able to demonstrate existing skills or convey your willingness to build on transferrable experience and skills when interacting with patients to support their recovery journey.

Main duties of the job
This position forms part of the Occupational therapy service to our patients. You will have strong engagement and motivational skills and be flexible in working with patients with complex mental health needs during their recovery pathway. You will be part of a team supporting the patient journey of recovery from inpatient to community settings following a pathways model to meet individual's goals & identify ongoing needs and as such will be able to demonstrate experience of a strong team working ethic. You must be good at building rapport, therapeutic relationships and working closely with others to support patient recovery journey.

To contribute to the Occupational Therapy service within a Multi-Disciplinary format that provides specialist assessment and treatment in clinical care pathways. Effective written and verbal communication skills are essential when being an integral part of the MDT, informing recovery progress and providing information and feedback to the qualified OTs who are responsible to compile comprehensive OT assessments. The role entails working within a specialist therapy team to provide the Service and deliver high standards of practice.

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
Closing date: 26 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 007783

Employer contact details
Hiring Manager: Kathryn Morris, View email address on meeveem.com

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.