# Mental Health Occupational Therapist - Essex at Pulse Healthcare

Mental Health Occupational Therapist - Essex at Pulse Healthcare in Essex. Full-time. Posted December 17, 2025.

- Company: Pulse Healthcare
- Location: Essex
- Job type: Full-time
- Posted: 2025-12-17
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pulse/jobs/7528623003
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/mental-health-occupational-therapist-essex-pulse-healthcare-zh3zze

## Requirements

- HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience in eating disorder services or mental health settings desirable
- Strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

## Description

**Occupational Therapist – Eating DisorderLocation:** Essex
**Contract:** Permanent / Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

**Our client** is seeking an experienced **Occupational Therapist** to join their mental health services, specialising in eating disorders. The role involves providing person-centred OT interventions to support individuals in restoring daily functioning, promoting independence, and improving engagement in meaningful activities.

### Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver specialist OT assessments and interventions for individuals with eating disorders

- Support recovery-focused routines, relapse prevention, and sustainable lifestyle changes

- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement treatment plans

- Facilitate individual and group therapy sessions addressing meal planning, sensory regulation, emotional management, and body image rehabilitation

- Maintain accurate clinical documentation and contribute to audits, care reviews, and service development

### Requirements:

- HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist

- Experience in eating disorder services or mental health settings desirable

- Strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and communication skills

- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

### Benefits:

- Competitive salary

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and birthday leave

- Flexible benefits including gym membership, healthcare plan, and IT support

- Access to training, career development, and professional qualification sponsorship

- Supportive, recovery-focused working environment