Senior Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking a qualified Senior Occupational Therapist. This role involves delivering Occupational Therapy services within a multidisciplinary team focused on mental health recovery. Candidates should possess strong communication and time management skills and a dedication to compassionate care. Opportunities for professional development and supervision of junior staff are included.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Support for continuing professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in Mental Health Occupational Therapy.
• Ability to provide assessments and interventions.
• Experience supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide Occupational Therapy assessments for service users.
• Deliver individual and group interventions.
• Liaise across service boundaries to meet client needs.

Skills

Time management

Communication skills

Compassionate approach

Education

Diploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy

Health and Care Professions Council registration

Post Graduate training relevant to mental health

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 13 August 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking qualified Occupational Therapist to join the Furness Home Based Treatment Team based in Barrow. The post will be supported under the supervision of a network Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist. The fully aligned role will involve clinical Occupational Therapy provision working within a multidisciplinary team within the adult acute setting for service users experiencing mental health difficulties requiring home-based treatment.

The successful candidate will provide Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to service users to support recovery within home treatment. The successful candidate will also undertake supervision of junior staff and assist in local developments related to the Occupational Therapy services locally and across the footprint of Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will be supported within Occupational Therapy Best Practice Forums and shadowing opportunities will be provided via Occupational Therapists working within other home-based treatment teams within the trust.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is enthusiastic about working within mental health and possesses good time management skills and a compassionate approach to others. The successful candidate will be an able team worker with excellent communication skills with experience of working successfully within busy environments.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have substantial experience, special interest, and expertise in Mental Health Occupational Therapy, the post holder will use their deep understanding of the relationship between occupation and mental health to provide occupational therapy to maintain, restore or create a match beneficial to the individual between the abilities of the person, the demands of her/his occupations in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure and the demands of the environment (adapted from Creek 2003).

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 planning and delivering interventions for people whose mental health problems have a marked impact on their occupational functioning, who demonstrate high occupational risk and who have complex occupational needs. Working across the two arms of the Access and Treatment Team they will have and awareness of both the occupational needs of both Start and Home Treatment service users and be able to prioritise their case load accordingly.As an emergent leader and skillful 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.

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

• oDiploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (OT)
• oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• oPost Graduate training relevant to mental health work in appropriate speciality
• oDocumented evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• oStudent Educator Qualification and experience supporting undergraduate learners

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