Senior Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Accrington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Accrington seeks a Senior Occupational Therapist with a strong passion for mental health. The role involves providing specialist therapy and working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver personalized interventions. Opportunities for supervision and professional growth are available.

Benefits

Access to CPD opportunities

Regular supervision

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health settings required.
• Understanding of occupational therapy role in recovery.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions for clients with complex occupational needs.
• Liaise across service boundaries as an emergent leader.
• Mentor junior practitioners and supervise undergraduates.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning

Occupational therapy knowledge

Education

Diploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 24 September 2025

We are excited to announce that a fixed term post has now arisen for an experienced and dynamic Senior Occupational Therapist (Band 6) to join our Burnley Community Mental Health Team.

The unique role of Occupational Therapy is highly valued within the team, and you will have a predominantly Occupational Therapy specific workload. This will include providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation and intervention to those with complex occupational, functional, social or vocational needs. The roles will also involve the provision of support and advice to the multi-disciplinary team through consultancy, to ensure service users' occupational needs are considered and met.

We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist who has a keen interest and passion for Occupational Therapy in mental health. You will have excellent communication skills, sound clinical reasoning and a strong understanding of the Occupational Therapy role in promoting recovery.

The successful candidate will receive regular supervision, access to CPD opportunities and be part of a supportive Occupational Therapy network. Additionally, there will be the potential to further develop supervisory skills and assist with service developments, including an evolving OT group-work project.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver a range of group and/or individual interventions drawn from relevant frames of reference, demonstrating sophisticated clinical reasoning skills. They will prioritise the planning and delivering of interventions for people whose mental health problems have a marked impact on their occupational functioning and who have complex occupational needs.

As an emergent leader and skilful communicator, the post holder will liaise and negotiate across service boundaries and in varied settings. They are research aware and use evidence to support and develop practice. The post holder will provide regular fieldwork opportunities for occupational therapy undergraduates and contribute to the learning of other team members or students from other disciplines. They have responsibilities for mentoring and/or developing others and supervise more junior practitioners and support staff, delegating work to add to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Diploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (OT)
• State registered with HCPC
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Practice Placement Qualification (Undergraduate OT student educator) within a year of appointment

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of how mental health problems impact on occupational performance and how occupational therapy theory informs practice within community mental health settings
• Knowledge of current best practice in community mental health, and awareness of relevant government directives and legislation
• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions using expert level clinical reasoning
• Ability to work autonomously and set own and others priorities
• Ability to work as autonomous specialist OT within a MDT context
• Ability to devise specialist interventions to address occupational dysfunction to improve occupational performance

Experience

• Familiarity with audit processes
• Use of evidence-based practice
• Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialties

Other

• Commitment to client-centred and non-discriminatory practice
• Commitment to lifelong learning

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust