Specialist Occupational Therapist

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist for Finchley Memorial Hospital. This role involves delivering high-quality patient care, leading therapy interventions, and providing supervision to junior staff within a supportive team environment. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a passion for community health.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and training

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Support and development in your career

Qualifications

• Experience as a Band 5 occupational therapist in rehab or community setting.
• Attendance at relevant CPD activities.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and clinical guidelines for stroke.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement treatment plans for a variety of complex patients.
• Communicate medical information across agencies per trust guidelines.
• Supervise and support junior therapists and students.

Skills

Assessment and treatment of complex conditions

Knowledge of neurological conditions

Clinical reasoning

Interdisciplinary team working

Education

Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy

Current HCPC registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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Site Finchley Memorial Hospital Town Finchley, London Salary £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum, inclusive of HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) works across London boroughs and Hertfordshire. We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

We have a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapy vacancy at Barnet Unplanned Care Service based at Finchley Memorial Hospital.

Are you a Band 6 Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge or an experienced Band 5 seeking your first band 6 role? If the answer is “yes”, we would love to hear from you! We would also consider a Band 5 developmental role.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for highly motivated, passionate and enthusiastic team player with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic care and interventions.

You will be able to be creative and be resourceful in your approach to client rehabilitation using your clinical skills to assess and create intervention plans for a varied caseload of patients.

As a B6 Occupational Therapist you will also be responsible for providing supervision, support and education to other junior therapists, students and community support workers.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in service development opportunities and audits. There is a commitment to evidence based practice and you will be encouraged to look for opportunities to promote this within the teams and seek out potential research projects.

Having a full UK driving license and access to own transport for business purposes are essential.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To undertake specialised uni-professional and multi-professional assessments. To develop and implement treatment plans for clients referred to the Barnet Intermediate Care Service including Falls and Early Stoke Discharge Service. These clients may present with a variety of complex multi-pathologies within specialist areas, including neurological conditions.
• To participate in the Single Assessment Process when appropriate, performing overview assessments and complex specialist assessments as appropriate. To communicate relevant medical information, assessment details, advice and recommendations across agencies and with clients in compliance with trust guidelines for sharing of information and informed consent. These agencies include General Practitioners, Social Services, healthcare professionals, voluntary agencies, and residential homes.
• To be responsible for gaining valid, informed consent for assessment, treatment interventions and sharing of information in compliance with legal and professional guidelines. To be able to interpret and follow these guidelines in circumstances where clients do not have capacity to provide informed consent.
• To have working knowledge of clinical guidelines; specific to the area you are working in and, with the guidance of your supervisor, to translate these guidelines into clinical practice.

Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Evidence of up-to-date CPD portfolio
• Involvement in Appraisal Scheme
• Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation, Neurology, Older People Rehabilitation
• Post graduate degree in relevant area
• Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
• Member of BAOT

Experience

• Experience post registration as a Band 5 occupational therapist in rehab or community setting
• Experience working at a Junior level in a wide range of clinical areas including, neurology, general rehabilitation, falls, elderly medicine
• Experience of wide range of specialist services e.g. Falls services, wheelchair services, and learning disabilities.
• Experience working as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist
• Experience of community rehabilitation
• Experience of working in the NHS

Skills & Knowledge

• Skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex musculoskeletal, neurological conditions and multi-pathologies
• Knowledge and understanding of complex medical conditions including, neurology, multi-pathologies and falls.
• Knowledge of role of Allied Health Professionals and interdisciplinary team working
• Ability to apply core occupational therapy skills across a range of clinical conditions within a client cantered, goal setting.
• Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence-based practice relevant to occupational therapy practice in neurology
• Knowledge of the NICE falls guidelines, National Stroke Strategy, Clinical Guidelines for Stroke and the National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions
• Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning.
• Basic IT skills – Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel
• Teaching of junior staff / students, peers in in service training setting
• Knowledge and understanding of the role of Social Services and voluntary agencies
• Supervision of assistant / junior staff
• Supervision of Students
• Knowledge and experience in research and audit
• Knowledge and understanding of National Service Framework for Older People, NICE Guidance and Clinical Guidelines for progressive conditions.
• Knowledge and understanding of NICE and CSP/COT Fallers Guidelines

Key Attributes

• To be occupational health cleared for the role specified.
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.