Community Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Occupational Therapist to join our team, working with a person-centred approach to coach, support, and enable positive outcomes for the diverse population of North Cotswolds.

This role offers a wide range of development opportunities, including experience in urgent response, falls response, long-term condition management, and housing adaptations. The post holder will be an integral member of the Integrated Community Team, delivering high-quality occupational therapy services to adults aged 18 and over with physical disabilities.

The role involves assessing needs, collaboratively setting goals, delivering interventions, and evaluating outcomes. Practice will be underpinned by recognised occupational therapy models, evidence-based interventions, and outcome measures.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.

 

Main duties of the job

We are a technologically SMART Trust, operating a mobile office model that equips you with everything you need to work efficiently and comfortably while on the road. SMART working enhances staff safety through live systems, providing instant access to patient records and previous interactions wherever you are.

To thrive in this role, you will need excellent communication skills, the confidence to make sound clinical decisions, and a genuine commitment to developing your professional potential.

You will need current HCPC registration. While post registration experience is helpful, it is not essential, and we offer a strong preceptorship programme to support newly qualified Occupational Therapists.

If you are driven by excellence and are seeking a role that offers autonomy, flexibility, and a progressive approach to occupational therapy practice, we encourage you to apply and take the next step in your career with Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Managing and treating a defined caseload using a health coaching approach
  • Providing supervision and support to Occupational Therapy Assistants, students as appropriate
  • Offering specialist occupational therapy advice to other professionals and promoting the OT role within the wider multidisciplinary team
  • Participating in departmental research and project work when opportunities arise

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registered
  • Occupational Therapy qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate judgement in complex clinical/operational problems, which require investigating, analysing, assessing and resolving
  • Awareness of the application of Models to address Occupational Performance issues
  • Ability to monitor and manage own and teams performance
  • Ability to deliver uni/multi-disciplinary training

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a registered Occupational Therapist
  • Staff supervision
  • Specialist training or equivalent competency in environmental adaptations through prior experience
  • Moving and Handling experience
  • Experience or training in a rehabilitation approach utilising patient centre goals to maximise function

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).

Closing Date: 22 February 2026

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