Senior Community Occupational Therapist

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Wigton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Community Occupational Therapist to join their innovative Community Rehabilitation Team. You will provide holistic care to patients in their homes, focusing on enabling individuals to achieve their occupational goals. Ideal candidates will have a Degree in Occupational Therapy, HCPC registration, and experience working within the NHS. The role promotes professional development and offers competitive benefits.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Confidential counselling service

Qualifications

• Completion of core junior rotations including various care areas.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Experience of working within the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Assess and diagnose adults using various clinical skills.
• Formulate and implement individual treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Practical occupational therapy skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registered

Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Community Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 02 October 2025

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that values innovation and person-centred rehabilitation to join our supportive Community Rehabilitation Team. Keswick & Solway ICC Covers area of outstanding beauty from the Solway Plain to the Lake District National Park.

This post would be ideal for an experienced Band 5 wishing to gain community or Band 6 experience as well as experienced Band 6 staff

The team supports hospital discharge, works to prevent hospital admission, and offers community rehabilitation in Patient's homes or our established Rehabilitation Centre. The team also offers anticipatory care through Your Health matters and person centred support vis the Home Care Practitioner Service.

This role requires enthusiasm for holistic practice and utilising models of occupational therapy to assist individuals to achieve their occupational goals. Regular programme of In service training will help you to develop and to share your skills and expertise with others. An interest in personalised care handling is required but training can be provided

Keswick & Solway ICC embraces a compassionate culture that embraces upstream thinking, collaboration and staff development. We offer a Compassionate Induction with colleagues from across our Neighbourhood

Up to 37.5 hours per week for the right candidate

Informal visits are welcomed and please call for any further information.

Main duties of the job

To undertake assessment, clinical and functional diagnosis of adults/older adults using a range of specialist standardised assessments and clinical observation skills across physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional, psychological and social domains.

To provide advice in the formulation or progress of a medical diagnosis and to support family members through this process guided by specialist theoretical knowledge and enabled by establishing a therapeutic alliance.

Contribute to the MDT's understanding of the family system and its impact on the patient, the patient's present circumstances, and the impact of that on the family system.

To formulate agreed specialist individual and/or group treatment plans and goals based on advanced clinical reasoning skills with the adult etc, taking in to account the domains assessed.

To provide specialist occupational therapy treatment interventions in a variety of environments

To provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching and instruction to others in, to promote understanding of the aims of occupational therapy and to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach across the AHP service.

Interventions regularly include the assessment, evaluation and prescription of specialised equipment for the adults. Standards for offering specialist advice for its safe use and the aims and purpose of the equipment apply as above.

Work in collaboration with other relevant services making appropriate onward referrals

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicy for eligible vacancies.

AHP - Return to Practice Job Advert information(Please ask recruiting manager and delete if not appropriate) This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered
• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• Evidence of attendance at relevant post graduate courses

Knowledge and Experience

• Completion of core junior rotations (Respiratory/neurological/musculo skeletal/elderly care)
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Good Knowledge of Evidence Based Clinical Practice within Rehabilitation
• Good Knowledge of Continuing Professional Development/Lifelong Learning Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance including Risk Management
• Understanding of Professional Code of Conduct and confidentiality
• Knowledge of key NHS drivers for change and implications for Occupational Therapy
• Previous experience of working at a Band 6 level
• Experience of working within a community setting
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team Teaching / Mentoring of healthcare professionals
• Knowledge of management of patients with long-term conditions and fall
• Knowledge of clinical audit and outcome measures, and their use in service improvement

Skills and Aptitudes

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to organise workload of self and others
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Relevant practical occupational therapy skills
• The post holder needs good IT skills, the ability to input data, communicate via email and search for evidence-based practice
• Take an active part in training for personal and professional development
• Willing to actively take part in training of others

Other Requirements

• Flexible
• Reliable
• Friendly and approachable
• Able to travel independently, (and at times) transport patients and /or equipment across a large rural area the locality
• Must have full clean UK driving licence and access to own transport, including business insurance
• Able to work 7 days per week

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust