Job summary
As part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) you will provide specialist assessment and intervention to offenders in prison. You will promote active engagement in meaningful occupations and facilitate the skills development and independence of patients. The postholder will work in collaboration with other healthcare professionals in prison in contributing to the development and delivery of safe, effective care, while also holding care co-ordination responsibility for a clinical caseload.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a complex clinical caseload
• Work as a member of the multi-professional team and proactively support the NHSE&I safe staffing initiative
• Lead on the development of evidence-based OT practice
• Provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self- care, work and leisure
• Lead on service development
• Lead and participate in research/audit/quality improvement activities
• Supervise the work of junior staff including OT students on clinical placement

About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details
Date posted: 20 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 277-7988448-WANDS
Job locations: HMP Wandsworth, Heathfield Road, Wandsworth, SW18 3HU, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans
• Provide specialist OT advice to the multi-professional team
• Work independently without direct supervision
• Be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment and interventions for the service user group
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT service
• Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• 2 years experience working in Forensics
• Extensive post registration experience as a Clinical Occupational Therapist
• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion

Desirable

• Previous experience working in Prisons

Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma/ BSc or Masters in Occupational Therapy
• UK HCPC registration

Desirable

• Sensory Integration qualification
• Post graduate diploma in Forensics

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential

• Use and understanding of the MOHO
• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to clinical area

Desirable

• Presentation and training skill

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).