Community Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health service provider is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist for its Community Health team in Central London. The role involves providing high-quality, client-centered assessment and rehabilitation services. Responsibilities include supervising assistants, conducting assessments, and setting treatment goals, all while fostering teamwork within a multi-agency environment. Ideal candidates will possess NHS experience and excellent communication skills. Applications close on December 11, 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working practice

Supportive multi-agency effort

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• NHS experience is essential for application.
• Ability to work within the standards and guidelines of the team.
• Highly motivated team worker.

Responsibilities

• Promote and develop a high quality Occupational Therapy Service.
• Provide supervision to rehabilitation assistants and students.
• Perform specialist occupational therapy assessments.
• Set goals for treatment in a client-centered approach.
• Identify and escalate deteriorating patients promptly.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Education

NHS experience or similar public health economy

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join a Community Health team working across the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in the borough of Camden. Services in this Central London location provide client‑centred assessment and rehabilitation in patient homes, therapy gyms and community facilities.

Benefits & Working Arrangements

Our Trust has a variety of staff benefits which have been detailed in the staff wellbeing attachment. If you come and work with us, we will ensure you are able to follow your clinical and leadership development priorities identified through your personal development and appraisal plan. We will equip you for mobile working and actively support flexible working practice. You will enjoy the rewards of working with a client group for whom you can make a significant difference every day, and you will experience the benefits of being part of a supportive multi‑agency effort which includes Medical, Mental Health, Nursing, Allied Health Professional, Social care and Reablement staff.

Inclusive Practice

Our teams strive for inclusivity and value everyone's contribution no matter their job role or grade. We know that working in the NHS can be tough so we make sure that we work as a team and support each other through informal and formal supervision. We even have the odd social every now and then too!

Responsibilities

To promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective Occupational Therapy Service to clients referred to the Integrated Community Health Service, in a multi‑disciplinary context, and in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the

• To be an active member of the multi‑disciplinary team, and participate in specific clinical projects as agreed and supported by the Team Leader, and participate in service developments, audit and review of the
• To provide supervision to rehabilitation assistants and students
• To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment of clients with diverse needs through subjective questioning, objective assessment and other written material available
• To prioritise factors involved in the clients presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, clients and other physical, social emotional and mental health issues
• To set goals for treatment with clients and/or their carer and ensure that care is client centred and agreed by the client and/or their carer
• To set and maintain a high standard of clinical practice which is evidence based where possible, using standardised assessment and outcome measures, where appropriate
• To independently screen and assess complex multi‑disciplinary referrals from a variety of sources. This screening requires individual responsible action when at times no other professional is currently involved. This screening will establish priority, determine needs and initiate a plan of intervention.
• To be able to identify a deteriorating patient and escalating in a timely manner
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the standards and guidelines of the team, the Trust, and HCPC code of ethics

Qualifications & Expectations

Essential Criteria: you must have NHS experience to apply or that of a similar public health economy.

We value clinical excellence and strive to cultivate an environment which facilitates learning and career development. The successful candidate will provide evidence based, client goal focused rehabilitation appropriate within community settings areas. We are looking for a highly motivated team worker with excellent communication skills.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025.