Senior Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Blackburn seeks a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the East Pennine Home Based Treatment Team. This full-time role emphasizes providing assessments and interventions for service users experiencing mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in mental health OT, supervise junior staff, and work within a multidisciplinary team. The organization promotes a positive work/life balance and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Occupational Therapy within a mental health setting.
• Familiarity with audit processes is advantageous.
• Experience in both individual and group work in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and interventions for service users.
• Supervise junior staff and assist in service development.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver treatment.

Skills

Communication skills

Time-management skills

Teamwork

Education

Diploma/BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Post Graduate training in mental health

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 04 January 2026

Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist - Full Time

Base: Pendle House, Nelson

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward‑thinking qualified Occupational Therapist to join the East Pennine Home Based Treatment Team based in Nelson. 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. They 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 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.

Main Duties of the Job

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 and experience of working successfully within busy environments.

About Us

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 supports 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.

Job Responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Post Graduate training relevant to mental health work in appropriate speciality

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

Experience

• Ability to demonstrate a significant level of experience within an Occupational Therapy mental health setting
• Familiarity with audit processes
• Extensive clinical experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialties

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