Occupational Therapist

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a creative, enthusiastic, and autonomous Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Haldon Eating Disorders Unit at Wonford House, Exeter.

This specialist adult service supports individuals with eating disorders through evidence-based, occupation-focused interventions aimed at enhancing engagement in meaningful activities to promote health, wellbeing, and community integration.

The Occupational Therapist will play a key role in specialist assessment and intervention, particularly around the occupation of food and social eating, and in supporting individuals to overcome barriers to participation through reasonable adjustments and adaptive strategies. The successful applicant will have experience working with adults with complex needs, and be confident in managing a specialist caseload, applying outcome measures, and contributing to multidisciplinary care.

An interest or experience in sensory processing assessment and intervention is desirable.

The post also includes providing clinical supervision and support to junior staff, students, and apprentices, as well as contributing to leadership, service development, and research within the Occupational Therapy team and the wider Haldon Eating Disorders Service.

We welcome applicants with transferable skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Deliver
specialist

OT assessments and interventions targeting meaningful occupation, especially relating to food, eating, and social participation
.

Promote
health,well-being, and community reintegration through occupation-focused approaches on an individual and/or group basis.

Contribute to the multi-disciplinary team by offering specialist advice, be involved clinical discussions and collaborative working within disciplines.

Provide
leadership and supervision to junior staff, students, and apprentices.

Participate in service development, research
, and refinement of the clinical model.

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile;

making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Full Vacancy details can befound on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer toyour suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

The post holder will be a curious,compassionate, experienced, and committed Occupational Therapist who demonstrates courageous and critical thinking within their professional scope.

They will be responsible for delivering specialist, safe, and evidence-based occupational therapy assessments, formulation, interventions, and evaluations,with a strong focus on meaningful occupation particularly relating to food,eating, and social participation for adults with eating disorders. Through occupation-focused approaches delivered individually and in groups, they will promote health, well-being, and community reintegration. Working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide expert occupational therapy advice, contribute to clinical discussions, and support holistic, person-centred care aligned with best practice guidelines.

They will support clients and their families to develop sustainable routine sand roles, enabling recovery and preventing relapse. Additionally, the postholder will provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, students, and apprentices, and actively contribute to service development, research, and ongoing refinement of the clinical model to ensure innovative, effective, and responsive care tailored to the needs of adults living with eating disorders.