B6 Occupational Therapist

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in Leicester is seeking a Specialist Occupational Therapist to work in the Community Integrated Neurology and Stroke Service (CINSS), covering assessments and rehabilitation in community, home, and outpatient settings.

You will join a multidisciplinary team and provide specialist OT input within clinical care pathways, with supervision from a Clinical Specialist OT and opportunities for service development and continuing professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Occupational Therapist in neurology/stroke.
• Community-based practice in patients' homes, clinics or community settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist OT assessment and treatment within MDT-led care pathways.
• Deliver high standards of practice with supervision from a Clinical Specialist OT.
• Contribute to service development, in-service training and professional growth.
• Work across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with flexible hours.

Job description

Job summary

Do you have experience working as an Occupational Therapist within the field of stroke and neurology assessment and rehabilitation?

Do you have experience and enjoy working in Community Services in patients' own homes, community settings and clinics?

If yes, read on this could be the perfect opportunity for you! We have an exciting opportunity for a flexible, enthusiastic and committed Specialist Occupational Therapist to work in the Community Integrated Neurology and Stroke Service (CINSS) which is integral to Community Health Services.

The CINSS model of care involves transformation and partnership working across organisational and multi professional boundaries. The successful candidate will join a specialist multi-professional team comprising of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Neuropsychology, Neurology Rehabilitation Consultant and Generic Rehabilitation Technical Instructors, working closely with Speech and Language Therapy services.

The team provides patient centred, goal directed specialist neurological rehabilitation in community and outpatient settings. This post requires an experienced and dedicated Occupational Therapist who can work closely with existing Specialist Occupational Therapists, Specialist Physiotherapists and the wider multi disciplinary team.

You will need clinical skills and experience working in the field of neurology and/or stroke and experience working within the community setting would be desirable.

Main duties of the job

This role requires excellent organisational, communication and teamwork skills within a dynamic specialist rehabilitation service. To work as a specialist clinician to utilise, develop and enhance Occupational Therapy clinical and professional skills within the Service to deliver high standards of practice.

To apply the OT process within a Multi-Disciplinary format providing specialist assessment and treatment in clinical care pathways. Regular supervision is provided by a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, alongside opportunities for service development, in-service training and continued professional growth.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to learning and delivering high-quality care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Based primarily at Hinckley Community Hospital, with links to the wider team hub at Braunstone Health and Social Care Centre, flexible full-time or part-time hours are available.

The role offers valuable development opportunities within a supportive, innovative and patient-focused multidisciplinary team.

If you would like to find out more about this exciting role, please contact Kay Mahetar or Ellen Upton on 0116 2953309. We are happy to arrange shadowing opportunities and/or meet to discuss the role further - this can either be in person or virtually.

If you are successfully short-listed you will be invited to undertake an interview on the 10th December 2026.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details

• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 007778
• Job locations: Braunstone Health and Social Care Centre, Hockley Farm Road, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 1HN, United Kingdom

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.

Employer details

• Employer name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
• Employer's website: https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager, Debbie Parmar, [e-mail]