Senior Occupational Therapist | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Ivy Chimneys; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Ivy Chimneys is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join their supportive team. You will provide high-quality assessments and therapy, lead group sessions, and support junior staff. Ideal candidates will have experience with Cognitive Stimulation Therapy and the ability to manage complex cases. Join a flexible working environment with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in Cognitive Stimulation Therapy.
• Ability to manage complex cases with support.
• Strong understanding of bio-psychosocial sciences.

Responsibilities

• Assess individual’s abilities and difficulties.
• Plan and lead group therapy sessions.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Assessment techniques

Treatment planning

Communication skills

Collaboration

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 to work as part of a supportive and friendly OT team working over a number of different sites delivering group and one to one therapy sessions.

This job will give you the opportunity to screen patients for groups, prepare and lead a number of groups including Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, work closely with Multi-Disciplinary Team, attending meetings whilst also gaining experience working with patients in the community in their home environment.

You will be responsible for providing high standard of assessment, advice, treatment and evaluation of patients referred to the service. You will have regular supervision and supported with your developmental pathway.

Use appropriate assessment techniques to assess individual’s abilities and difficulties in relation to their desired goals in everyday activities.

Support/supervise junior members of staff

Plan to lead groups sessions

Screen patients for groups

Manage complex cases in the community with support from senior members of staff

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

You will be expected to achieve an increasing level of competency demonstrated through your professionalism, continuing professional development (CPD), conduct and level of responsibility. The following are some of the job description and responsibilities.

1. Use appropriate assessment techniques to assess individual’s abilities and difficulties in relation to their desired goals in everyday activities.
2. Apply knowledge of bio-psychosocial science, pathology and occupation in its widest sense – in order to make basic decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.
3. To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with clients and their carers.
4. To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.
5. To work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower clients and facilitate optimal functional performance, managing complex cases.
6. Confidentially organise and lead groups over a number of different NHS sites in-particularly having experience with Cognitive Stimulation Therapy.
7. To apply a basic range of treatment modalities to meet the needs of clients in individual and group format, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate setting for intervention.
8. To make clinically informed decisions in order to delegate aspects of client care to Assistants and Band 5’s, supported by Head/Senior Occupational Therapist.
9. To regularly review client’s progress in order to evaluate and interpret effectiveness of treatment plans, and amend treatment accordingly, supported by Head/Senior Occupational Therapist.
10. To ensure treatment offered is based on the best available evidence for effectiveness in the specialist area where it is applied.

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025