occupational therapy assistant

South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust in Chorley is seeking an Occupational Therapy Assistant to join the Mental Health Unit at Chorley Hospital. You will work within the occupational therapy service alongside a strong multidisciplinary team helping people with acute mental health issues to achieve a successful and timely discharge.

We are looking for someone with a compassionate nature who can communicate with people of different abilities and presentations.

Qualifications

• Work within the occupational therapy service alongside a strong multidisciplinary team.
• Support helping people with acute mental health issues achieve discharge.
• Knowledge of social inclusion would be an advantage.

Job description

Occupational Therapy Assistant | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust

Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata (subject to confirmation)

Hours: Part-time

Location: Chorley, PR7 1PP

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 8 Oct 2026

Closing date: 7 Nov 2026

Summary

Imagine working in a multi-disciplinary team whose shared vision is optimising independence.

Are you a person who enjoys working with people and is an excellent communicator? Are you looking for an opportunity to be involved with a forward thinking team comprising of people who care passionately about a good patient experience and enabling recovery? Do you have a good knowledge of benefits, local resources or accommodation services? Are you the kind of person who enjoys challenges, learning and developing your skills?

If so, we have a rare opportunity to recruit an occupational therapy assistant to join our team in the Mental Health Unit with Chorley Hospital. The successful candidate will work within the occupational therapy service alongside a strong multidisciplinary team helping people with acute mental health issues to achieve a successful and timely discharge from hospital. We are looking for someone with a compassionate nature who can communicate successfully with people who have different abilities and presentations. They will be a team-player who can undertake some duties independently and at times act upon their own initiative. Knowledge of social inclusion would be an advantage alongside being able to work effectively and have excellent workload management skills. Experience of leading groups and working individually with people and using activity to help promote independence would also be a desirable ability.

The occupational therapy team consists of qualified occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and health and wellbeing workers all of who focus on enabling patients to achieve optimum independence as part of recovering their ordinary lives. The senior staff offer regular clinical, professional and line management supervision as well as opportunities to attend internal and external training. The successful candidate will be working with a friendly team in a brand new clinical environment and have access to good facilities and support from managers.

If you feel you have a genuine caring nature, enjoy challenges and are enthusiastic about providing the best possible service for people to live satisfying, independent lives we would be very keen to meet you.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026