Job Introduction
Occupational Therapist - Community Learning Disability Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Occupational Therapist, or a Band 6 Occupational Therapist seeking career progression, to join our Community Learning Disability Service.
You'll provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for adults with learning disabilities and additional complex needs, including autism, physical disabilities, dementia, mental health conditions, epilepsy, and sensory processing difficulties. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to assessments, care planning, training, and the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.
In return, you'll benefit from regular clinical and management supervision, excellent training opportunities, support for continued professional development, and the chance to further develop specialist skills within a highly rewarding area of practice.
Package Description
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our Learning Disabilities & Autism Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main Duties of the Role
- Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, intervention, treatment planning, and evaluation for adults with learning disabilities and complex health needs.
- Work autonomously to manage a defined caseload, ensuring timely assessment of needs, risks, and outcomes.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, formulation, care planning, and service delivery.
- Undertake complex risk assessments and provide recommendations regarding equipment, adaptations, moving and handling, and community access.
- Deliver specialist consultation, education, and training to service users, carers, support staff, and partner agencies.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and practice in accordance with HCPC, RCOT, and organisational standards.
- Provide supervision, mentorship, and clinical education to colleagues and occupational therapy students.
- Contribute to audit, research, service evaluation, policy development, and continuous quality improvement.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential Criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy (RCOT/WFOT approved).
- Current HCPC registration.
- Evidence of CPD and professional development.
- Experience working with adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.
- MDT working experience.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and professional responsibilities.
- Ability to manage and prioritise a complex caseload independently.
- Experience working with families and carers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain accurate clinical records.
- Resilient and adaptable in demanding clinical environments.
Desirable Criteria
- Two years' post-registration experience.
- Community Occupational Therapy experience.
- Student supervision or mentorship experience.
- Sensory Integration Level 1, AMPS, or related postgraduate training.
- Dementia experience.
- Experience in audit, research, or service improvement.
For full details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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