Job summary

You will contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical team, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload, and offering OT specific assessment and treatment to groups and individuals within your care. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with your clinical team and the wider professional team.

You will be able to show a good understanding of occupational therapy within inpatient services; demonstrating the hope occupational therapists bring to the lives of those in our care. You will also be able to share your experience of applying the OT process to achieve positive patient outcomes and demonstrate how you promote the profession within your clinical team.

Main duties of the job

We are St Andrews a mental health charity with a clear purpose: to inspire hope for people living with complex mental health needs. Our Birmingham site is on an ambitious improvement journey.

St Andrews Birmingham is a 125 bedded secure adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.

The Birmingham site has eight wards within a self-contained secure environment. There are a mix of low and medium secure wards with two wards offering services to women and male older adults. The site offers care and treatment to people with complex mental health and personality disorder diagnoses who require secure services. The service also benefits from other therapy resources such as an Art Studio, Workshop, Gym, Sports Hall, music space and courtyard area for horticulture.

Within the Occupational Therapy team, we offer comprehensive treatment through the medium of meaningful occupation. Our aim is to equip patients with the life skills required to live a life worth living through improved health and wellbeing, independence, purpose and balance within their daily living.

Details

• Date posted: 27 October 2026
• Closing date: 10 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: Depending on experience
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: B0354-26-0061
• Job locations: St. Andrews, Dogpool Lane, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2XR, United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Person and Role

You will contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical team, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload, and offering OT specific assessment and treatment to groups and individuals within your care. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with your clinical team and the wider professional team.

You will be able to show a good understanding of occupational therapy within inpatient services; demonstrating the hope occupational therapists bring to the lives of those in our care. You will also be able to share your experience of applying the OT process to achieve positive patient outcomes and demonstrate how you promote the profession within your clinical team.

The charity values the importance of continued professional development. This includes a personal development plan with access to a preceptorship programme, internal CPD events, networking opportunities with colleagues and external training were deemed clinically appropriate.

You should have:

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and/or secure services
• An interest, knowledge and understanding of a range of guiding theoretical frameworks and approaches. For example, Model of Human Occupation, VdT MoCA, occupational science, occupational diagnosis and sensory approaches.
• Knowledge and experience in using occupational assessment tools to support clinical reasoning, treatment planning and evaluation of interventions.
• Strong communication skills
• Resilience and curiosity

Previous experience within mental health, healthcare, social care or a secure environment would be beneficial, although we are also keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate the right values, attitude and transferable skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified OT

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.

UK Registration

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

About us

St Andrews is a charity specialising in complex mental health. Its mission is to help people with complex mental health needs transform their lives.

With its history dating back nearly two centuries, St Andrews today is undergoing significant change to deliver on its mission for years to come.

St Andrews has hospitals in Birmingham and Essex, with its base in Northampton. It delivers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as dedicated care services for adults.

Employer details

• Employer name: St Andrew’s Healthcare
• Address: St. Andrews, Dogpool Lane, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2XR, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://www.stah.org