Senior Occupational Therapist - Your Health Matters

Integrated Care System; Wigton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North Cumbria is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to enhance integrated health services. The role involves proactive patient care through Anticipatory Care Planning and collaboration within a dedicated team. Candidates should hold a degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC Registration necessary.
• Experience of working at band 5 level within NHS essential.
• Knowledge of evidence-based clinical practice in rehabilitation required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive Anticipatory Care Planning with patients.
• Engage in conversations to adapt care plans based on patient preferences.
• Work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team to deliver comprehensive care.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Time management

IT skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registered

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist - Your Health Matters

The closing date is 05 August 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative Occupational Therapist to combine the role of an ICC Occupational Therapist with the development and of an emerging service within Keswick and Solway working alongside the Band 7 lead OT.

This post is part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement programme, which is a term used to refer to a range of new, centrally funded roles which allow PCNs to further widen the multidisciplinary teams to provide more integrated health and social care services locally. The post will be hosted by North Cumbria Integrated Trust funded through the PCN.

The Anticipatory Care team (ACT) will aim to provide proactive personalised care to patients within our ICC/PCN, Personalised Care and Support planning is a series of facilitated conversations in which the person, or those who know them well, actively participates to explore the management of their health and wellbeing within the context of their whole life and family situation.

Main duties of the job

Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP) is a person-centred, proactive approach to help people consider what is important to them and plan for their future care. ACP involves conversations between individuals, their families, carers, and professionals. It helps people communicate goals and preferences, and gives them opportunities to consider realistic options and plan for future changes in their health and care that can be recorded, shared and reviewed

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registered
• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• Evidence of attendance at relevant post graduate courses

Experience

• Experience of working at band 5 level
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Previous experience of working at band 6 level
• Experience of working in community setting
• Experience of working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
• Teaching/mentoring of healthcare professionals

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of evidence based clinical practice within rehabilitation
• Good knowledge of continuing professional development/Lifelong learning
• Knowledge an understanding of clinical Governance including Risk management
• Understanding of professional code of conduct and confidentiality
• Knowledge of key NHS drivers for change and implications for Occupational Therapy service
• Knowledge of management of patients with long term conditions and falls
• Knowledge of clinical audit and outcome measures and their use in service improvement

Skills and aptitudes

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good organisational skills and time management skills
• Ability to organise workload of self and others
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Relevant practical occupational therapy skills
• The post holder needs good IT skills, the ability to input data, communicate via email and search for evidence based practice

Personal Circumstances

• Flexible, reliable, friendly and approachable
• Able to travel independently (and at times) transport patients and/or equipment across the locality
• Able to work 7 days per week

Other requirements

• Take an active part in training for personal and professional development
• Willing to actively take part in training of others
• Must have full clean driving licence and access to own transport, including business insurance

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata