Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist

Nhft; Kettering; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Part-time role

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust NHS is recruiting an Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Intermediate Care team in Northampton. The role is Band 7, 30 hours per week, part-time with flexible working and countywide Urgent Community Response coverage from Kettering.

You will work with nurses, doctors and support workers to support discharge and home-based rehabilitation, with HCPC registration and relevant experience in older adult rehabilitation.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and suitable degree in occupational therapy.
• Experience delivering rehabilitation in community settings.
• Ability to coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams and supervise staff.
• Flexible and capable of 7-day service coverage.

Responsibilities

• Support staff development and act as clinical resource for the team.
• Develop goals and support plans with nurses, doctors and carers.
• Contribute to timely discharges and home-based rehabilitation.
• Adapt to flexible hours and weekend cover as needed.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Driving licence

Education

State Registered Occupational Therapist

CPD evidence

Experience with older adults rehabilitation

Job description

Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist

Band 7

Main area Urgent Community Response Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

30 hours per week (Hours to cover 7 day service, some weekend working required) Job ref 270-TH462-AD

Site Countywide working - based from Romic House, Kettering Town Northamptonshire Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 08:00

Job overview

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust NHS is delighted to announce an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist in the Intermediate Care team based in Northampton to support the people across the county of Northamptonshire.

Join us as part of our Countywide Urgent Community Response Team working to get people out of hospital or preventing hospital admission by playing a major part in their rehabilitation journey, setting goals and support planning with Nurses, Doctors and support workers as an integrated approach for patients in their own home environments.

In addition you will be working with colleagues in both our acute and community hospitals to facilitate timely discharges from hospital.

Applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence, have access to a vehicle for work purposes at all times on duty and confident to drive in all driving conditions for this community post. Applicants will be flexible and adaptable, being able to respond to need at short notice.

To be considered for this role you must:

• Have previous experience in a similar role
• Have HCPC registration & relevant degree/qualification in physio or occupational therapy

Main duties of the job

You should have a wide range of clinical expertise ideally within the NHS and with experience of working in a community multidisciplinary team environment and have managed healthcare assistants

As an expert clinical resource for the team you will be expected to support staff in identifying and developing their knowledge and skills. You must be innovative in your approach and willing to work with other members of the community team to ensure high quality service delivery.

With a fantastic ethos our dedicated team has a passion for quality care who are experts in this field. In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can react to the patients’ needs as and when required.

If you are innovative, talented and adaptable, and would like to be part of a growing and forward thinking community team then come and join us. The NHS is expanding in the Community.

The Trust is committed to supporting ongoing education of Allied Health Professionals and there are opportunities for staff to progress their careers with our leadership programmes.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• State Registered Occupational Therapist
• Evidence of CPD including attendance at recent post graduate learning relevant to clinical field of Intermediate Care
• Experience working with older adults in rehabilitation services.
• Experience working within community multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience assessing complex patients and situations requiring detailed analysis.
• Experience providing clinical and managerial supervision.
• Experience leading large-scale service improvement initiatives or quality improvement project qualification
• Additional postgraduate qualifications relevant to urgent community care.

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Abby Wainwright Job title Head of Service for Urgent Community Response Email address [e-mail]