Band 6 Occupational Therapist

NHS; Luton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS is seeking a dedicated Band 5 Occupational Therapist in Luton to join their community health team. This role focuses on delivering high-quality, compassionate care, conducting assessments and implementing tailored treatment plans to support patient independence. Opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment are integral to this position.

Benefits

NHS Pension and Agenda for Change terms

Free tea, coffee, and milk at the base location

Membership of discount hub

Access to earned wages before payday

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Opportunities for professional development

Open inclusive culture for service improvement

Qualifications

• Committed to clinical excellence and patient care.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong communication and assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement occupational therapy treatments.
• Work collaboratively with team members and deliver care.
• Develop individualized treatment plans promoting independence.

Skills

Compassion

Clinical Excellence

Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration

Evidence-Based Care

Job description

Are you a confident, dedicated, and compassionate Band 5 Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? Are you committed to clinical excellence and passionate about working in a team where staff are genuinely valued every day?

We are seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic team, delivering high-quality care to patients in the community. In this role, you'll provide occupational therapy assessments, treatments, and advice in patients' homes or other relevant settings, all with the aim of promoting independence and overall well-being in line with professional standards and protocols.

Working closely with multi-disciplinary teams across health, social care, and the voluntary sector, you will deliver personalised, evidence-based care while respecting the privacy, dignity, and confidentiality of all patients. You will support both patients and their families with compassion and professionalism, championing best practices and contributing to the continuous improvement of our services.

Based in Luton, you will collaborate with Physiotherapists, Nurses, fellow Occupational Therapists, and Rehab Assistants to develop and implement care plans that encourage independent living and help prevent hospital admissions.

This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) with a rota covering shifts across 7 days, between the hours of 8am and 8pm.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will work collaboratively in response to demand and capacity. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Assess, interpret, plan, and implement Occupational Therapy treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with support from team members and the Team Leader.
• Undertake assessments, care planning, and evaluation of patients.
• Work efficiently considering clinical and team priorities.
• Develop and implement individualised treatment plans, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision-making.
• Interpret situations and act or refer appropriately.
• Enable patients to reach their optimum level of independence.
• Deliver clinical care for a variety of patients.
• Work within the integrated multi-professional team.
• Use recognised outcome measures to evaluate the effect of therapy interventions and ensure appropriate progress of treatment programmes.
• This job may involve exposure to unpleasant working conditions, e.g., bodily fluids, unpleasant smells, and occasional hostility in the form of verbal and physical aggression.

Please see the attached full job description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities.

About us

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’s 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 values: we care, we think, we do.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. We are a Disability Confident committed company, providing facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.

Note: sometimes roles may close earlier than the listed date if highly competitive. We encourage early applications.

For more information about HCRG Care Group, visit our website.

Job responsibilities

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist at Luton Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service, you will enjoy benefits including:

• Band 5 AFC salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms.
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts, cashback, and vouchers.
• Access to earned wages before payday for emergencies.
• Support for mental and physical wellbeing, including recipes, activity challenges, legal, debt, and life management help, plus career coaching.
• Opportunities for professional development through our learning team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, inclusive culture encouraging ideas to improve service delivery, supported by innovation funding.

Person Specification

General Requirements

• Click Apply to view the full Job Description on our career site.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to a DBS check in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.