Occupational Therapist

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job summary

We are looking for a newly qualified/experienced
occupational therapist who is keen to deliver high quality care in the
community setting. You will be part of an integrated team of therapists,
therapy assistants, and nurses who provide essential knowledge and skills to
support patient discharges, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and keep
people safe in their own homes.

Your caseload will be varied with an
opportunity to see patients with a variety of presenting conditions allowing
you to develop and improve existing problem-solving skills.

Worcester City have two Neighbourhood
teams. Cityside are based in Elbury Moor medical centre and Riverside are based
in St Johns House surgery. We have a team of creative health care professionals
focused on compassionate care. We work closely with GPs, developing
relationships with other primary care services, utilising skills of our MDT
colleagues to manage complex patients ensuring services are responsive and
patient centred.

You will have opportunities for
further training and development within the role. You will be joining an
enthusiastic, supportive, and friendly team where you will receive support and
development through in-service training, regular appraisals, a personal
development plan and clinical supervision.

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

Main duties of the job

A day shift is 7.5hrs between the
hours of 07:30 18.30, Monday to Friday. Your typical day will include
coordinating your caseload, triaging referrals, allocating workload and
prioritising urgent response assessments alongside colleagues.

The role will
involve you:

Undertaking occupational therapy
assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and
skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity
and leisure.

Assessing clients: in relation to
their equipment and specialist equipment needs / for minor adaptations e.g.
rails, half steps.

Working with clients to identify
Occupational Therapy goals as part of the overall care plan.

Assist in any other duties that may be
required to ensure the smooth running and efficiency of the service.

Monitoring and evaluating treatment
in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

Maintaining
contemporaneous clinical notes to professional minimum standards of the College
of Occupational Therapy and in accordance with Trust guidelines.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Application of the Occupational Therapy process
  • Use of functional assessment and activity analysis

Desirable

  • Equipment and adaptations experience as a student or band 5 therapist.
  • Some experience of working in a related health or social care environment

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
  • Able to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
  • IT skills and competent in using a computer.
  • Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge.
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
  • Ability to work alone with individuals and groups.
  • Ability to demonstrate sound assessment /discharge skills with individual cases

Knowledge

Essential

  • Some knowledge of current best practice in Community Occupational Therapy.
  • Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
  • Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance

Desirable

  • Previous relevant NHS experience.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/ degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Health Professionals Council registration
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

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).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 28 July 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.