Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dynamic Occupational Therapist to join their community-based team. This role offers the opportunity to provide holistic care, lead service improvements, and develop your managerial skills. The candidate should have excellent clinical skills and a commitment to quality patient care. Flexible working options and comprehensive training are part of the benefits package.

Benefits

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Annual travel card loan

Training and support for career development

Qualifications

• Established experience in a community team.
• Ability to provide leadership within the occupational therapy team.
• Experience in line management and supervising others.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, evidence-based occupational therapy intervention.
• Conduct robust triage of patients referred to the team.
• Support service development and improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Community care

Job description

Are you a Band 7 or an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist interested in a Band 7 role?

We are looking for a specialist, dynamic and motivated Occupational Therapist with excellent clinical skills and a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic community-based care.

The candidate will join the established Barnet Unplanned Care Therapy Team, covering the London Borough of Barnet, working alongside a multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic and coordinated care to patients.

The post-holder will join the team based at Finchley Memorial Hospital, to support community patients.

You will be expected to work as an integral part of the Rapid Response/D2A/NWB and Hospital at Home Service to deliver high quality, evidence based occupational therapy intervention.

The role will provide leadership in the development and ongoing quality assurance of the service, undertaking evaluation, audit and contributing to research.

You will be key in being part of service development and support the team to strive for clinical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Experience of working within a community team
• Work as a highly skilled senior practitioner with expert knowledge and work alongside clinical operational manager to develop the service
• Providing highly specialist occupational therapy care to a community based caseload
• Carrying out robust triage of patients referred to the team to ensure their safety and optimal pathway allocation
• Ability to provide leadership within the occupational therapy and wider team.
• Experience of line management and supervising others Supporting and deputising for the Clinical Lead and Operational manager of the service
• Opportunities to take the lead on service improvement opportunities, develop your managerial skills and suggest and lead on audit and research projects.
• Highly motivated, passionate and enthusiastic team player with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic care and evidence based interventions.

Benefits

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025