Senior Occupational Therapist

Job Summary Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist wanting a change in career direction or to expand your skillset and confidence? We are a supportive and friendly team seeking a dynamic, professional, and compassionate colleague to help deliver an excellent patient experience of our service.

A Neighbourhood Team Community OT role is fast‑paced and responsive to both urgent and planned referrals working closely with other nursing and physiotherapy roles. Making the patient’s home safer and guiding the promotion of independence is where the OT really adds value to the patient experience. Assessments are holistic and focused on maximising independence at every stage. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Good opportunities exist for further training and development within the role. You will receive support and development through in‑service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

If you would like to discuss this role, informally contact the Recruiting Manager who will be happy to discuss the role in more detail.

This is a full‑time role working 37.5 hours per week.

A day shift is 7.5 hrs between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:30 pm Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays. If you do work weekends, it will attract an enhancement payment. Flexible working arrangements are considered.

Your typical day will include coordinating your caseload, triaging referrals, allocating workload, and prioritising urgent response assessments alongside colleagues. You will perform holistic, goal‑focused, patient‑centred assessments, and develop thorough treatment programmes to meet the goals. You will manage a varied caseload, spanning all Occupational Therapy specialities.

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

• Work as an autonomous practitioner within an integrated team, providing timely and expert professional assessment and treatment interventions to patients.
• Provide case management for a designated caseload of patients with immediate and/or complex care needs.
• Triage patients to ensure prioritisation of clinical need.
• Develop and co‑ordinate individualised rehabilitation plans in close liaison with the team, the patient and their carers, and all other services.
• Be responsible for the timely assessment and treatment of patients who have urgent and/or complex Occupational Therapy needs.
• Coordinate appropriate interdisciplinary, patient‑centred care that promotes independence for patients on your caseload.
• Undertake occupational therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self‑maintenance, productivity, and leisure.
• Maintain contemporaneous clinical notes to professional minimum standards of the College of Occupational Therapy and in accordance with Trust guidelines.

• Ability to work proactively with other agencies to prevent hospital admission and facilitate early discharge.
• Ability to identify and plan individual care/rehabilitation needs in partnership with patients/ their carers.
• Supervisory/appraisal skills.

• Knowledge of appropriate policy and guidelines.
• Leadership skills.
• Confidence in passing on skills/knowledge and completing teaching sessions/presentations.

• Degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• Current registration with HCPC.
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses/CPD maintained in portfolio.
• Will be asked to provide original certificates to verify qualifications at point of offer.

• Clinical educators qualification.

• A range of evidence‑based Occupational Therapy clinical skills and knowledge appropriate to specialism.
• An understanding of the approaches and models of practice relevant to practice.
• A good level of knowledge in a wide range of physical and mental health conditions.
• Good level of…