Senior Occupational Therapist

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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 who are seeking a dynamic, professional,
and compassionate colleague to join us 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
found on the top right-hand side of the advert who will be happy to discuss the
role in more detail.

Main duties of the job

A day shift is 7.5hrs between
the hours of 8:00am 18.30 pm Monday to Sunday including bank holidays). If
you do work weekends, it will attract an enhancement payment. Flexible working
arrangements 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.

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.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree / diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Current registration with HCPC
  • Evidence of relevant post graduate courses / Continual Professional Development maintained in portfolio
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Desirable

  • Clinical educators qualification

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

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

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Knowledge

Essential

  • 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 knowledge relating to disability, equipment, and adaptations

Desirable

  • A working knowledge of Occupational Therapy Outcome Measures and Models of Practice

Experience

Essential

  • A range of post graduate experience including work in a variety of physical and/or mental health settings / specialities
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team
  • Recent experience in a community setting
  • Experience of caseload management and prioritisation

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an integrated team

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: 29 July 2026

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