Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS; Grays; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Grays is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the urgent community response team. This role involves delivering high-impact assessments and interventions in crisis scenarios to prevent hospital admissions. Candidates with strong clinical decision-making skills and a passion for community care are encouraged to apply. The position offers competitive salary and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in community or urgent care settings.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Ability to provide clinical assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver prompt OT assessments and interventions to prevent admissions.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams and empower patients.
• Support community healthcare and crisis scenarios.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Community care

Problem-solving

Education

Active HCPC Registration as Occupational Therapist

Job description

Overview

Go back NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Urgent Community Response Senior Occupational Therapist Wanted!

Join our dynamic Urgent Community Response Team working in South West Essex and play a vital role in Admission Avoidance as a Senior Occupational Therapist!

We're looking for an experienced, passionate professional who enjoys the thrill of unplanned care and direct rewards of helping transform lives by providing urgent, person-centered care in the community.

This is a 7 day service with work patterns of 8am to 8pm

Main duties of the job

What You\'ll Do:

• Deliver high-impact, prompt OT assessments and interventions to prevent hospital admissions.
• Work closely with our multidisciplinary teams which includes urgent response Nurses, Social workers and healthcare assistants, providing comprehensive support.
• Empower our patients, families and carers to overcome crisis scenarios focusing on enabling independence and improving immediate quality of life.
• Make a direct difference in the heart of our community and support our ambulance service with people who may be acutely unwell or have fallen and are unable to get up off the floor.
• Provide tailored, urgent OT interventions to support people\'s basic needs and activities of daily living, collaborating with our pathway services to recognise therapy goals beyond our admission avoidance input.

What We Need:

• Senior OT experience, ideally in community or urgent, emergency and crisis care settings.
• Quick, critical, clinical decision-making skills and a creative approach to problem-solving complex cases.
• A passion for making a real impact on people\'s lives, improving patient outcomes and preventing admissions to our local A&Es.

About us

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive, friendly, innovative team making a direct impact in health and social care.
• Help shape the future of urgent, emergency and crisis community healthcare in South West Essex.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Opportunity for career development and growth.

If you\'re ready to make an immediate impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us keep patients at home and out of hospital!

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,303 to a maximum of £2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Active HCPC Registration as Occupational Therapist
• Evidence of updating professional knowledge and skills (CPD)

Experience

• Minor Injuries/ Minor Illness/ Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis

Knowledge

• Understand the importance of MDT urgent/crisis assessment and community therapy rehabilitation
• Demonstrate clinical knowledge base and experience within a community-based setting including an awareness of onward referral pathways e.g. RAFT/Virtual Frailty Ward, District nursing/ICT, Hospice/EOL care, A&E

Other

• Willingness to participate in 7 day working
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearp.a. (plus HCAS) pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working