Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Occupational Therapy Assistant
The closing date is 26 November 2026

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 a full time Occupational Therapist assistant within the Directorate of Mental health based at The Willows in the Humberstone area of Leicester.

This OT service has a Monday to Friday working pattern.

The Willows is a 28 bedded mixed gender adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit that supports patients who have severe and enduring mental illness.

There are 2 sub-acute wards and one male rehabilitation ward.

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 additional 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.

Main duties of the job

• You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of Occupational Therapy and appropriate interventions.
• You will be able to demonstrate risk awareness and follow the risk assessments for each activity that are in place or identify emerging risks if appropriate.
• GCSE English Language and Maths grade C or above.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions and the impact this can have on a person's daily living skills.
• Self motivated with a genuine desire to work the adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with the work agreed by and under the supervision of the Occupational Therapists.
• Be able to accept delegated tasks from the qualified staff and seek appropriate advice as required.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team and be able to interact effectively with team members from all disciplines.
• Ability to cope with unpredictable situations at times and demonstrate risk awareness.
• Be physically fit and able to maintain physical activity throughout the working day
• Computer literate with experience of using IT skills in the working environment.
• Experience of facilitating adult group work and supporting 1:1 activity interventions such as personal care, maintaining personal environment, meal preparation, cooking, budgeting, accessing the community and leisure activities.

Desirable

• Experience of working with adults with complex mental health conditions.

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 13 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 007890
Job locations: The Willows, 1 Cordelia Close, Leicester, LE5 0LE, United Kingdom

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address: The Willows, 1 Cordelia Close, Leicester, LE5 0LE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hiring Manager, Tracy Jones, tracy.jones70@nhs.net

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