Senior Occupational Therapist

Latest jobs at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (weekend working on a rota basis) Job
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Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 03/09/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and skilled Occupational Therapist to join us in the Integrated Acute Medicine Therapy Team working on the Acute Medicine wards. Specialities include respiratory, oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and haematology. The team provides a 7-day service and bank holiday cover on a rota basis.

This is a really exciting opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic team that is keen to develop and move services forward for the benefit of our patients. You will be part of a large supportive team, and provide quality assessment and intervention working closely with other members of the Multidisciplinary Team including Physiotherapy, nursing teams, medics and the discharge team.

If you have less than 18 months qualified experience we are willing to consider a Band 5 development post for the suitable candidate. Please make this clear on your application.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, responsible for provision of highly specialised assessment, treatment, intervention and discharge planning of clients referred to the service.

Has responsibility for managing a caseload of inpatients with a variety of complex conditions including chronic, disabling and life limiting illnesses.

Carry out assessment and prescription of equipment and adaptations.

Assist the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating of the Occupational Therapy Service provided.

The post holder will act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advanced knowledge, skill and experience in their role.

Educate other health care professionals, multi-agency professionals and occupational therapy students in acute medicine.

We are based at BVH in a department with other acute OT and PT teams. We have robust processes for support and supervision, in addition to an individualised job plan.

You will receive regular supervision with the clinical lead and be provided opportunities to support your clinical and leadership development.

There is a band 6 competency schedule and a peer-support forum.

• Professional knowledge/skills acquired through degree or diploma and extended through experience and continuing professional development.
• Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to Occupational Therapy colleagues, other members of the multi disciplinary team and multi-agency team…