Specialist Occupational Therapist - Community Rehabilitation

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Tendring; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join their team. The role involves providing goal-focused rehabilitation and holistic assessments to support patients in remaining at home. Applicants must be registered Occupational Therapists with excellent communication skills and a passion for patient care. The position is until 31st March 2026, with a supportive culture fostering training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation.
• Ability to work with service users across different age groups.
• Experience in a variety of clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide goal focused rehabilitation and holistic assessments.
• Plan and evaluate rehabilitation as part of a specialist team.
• Supervise junior staff and contribute to leadership.

Skills

Goal focused rehabilitation

Excellent communication skills

Self-management and prioritisation

Education

Registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an experienced, motivated clinician to join our team. You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes.

It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area. This post is until 31st March 2026. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Responsibilities

• Provide goal focused rehabilitation and holistic assessments and interventions to support patients to remain in their own homes.
• Plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate rehabilitation as part of a specialist Occupational Therapy team.
• Supervise junior staff and students and contribute to leadership within the service.
• Build networks and relationships across multiple sites and clinical teams; embrace innovation and integrated working; deliver excellence in care alongside other OTs, Physiotherapists, Associate Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Registered Occupational Therapist with demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to work with service users across different age groups; good self-management and prioritisation of caseload.
• Experience in a variety of clinical settings with knowledge of community working challenges.
• Essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work.
• Role available until 31st March 2026; internal applicants on secondment.

What we offer

• Opportunity to lead planning, delivery and evaluation of rehabilitation services.
• Supervision of junior staff and students.
• Networking across sites and clinical teams; collaborative, innovative, integrated working.
• Supportive culture with opportunities for training and development.
• Generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), NHS discounts, and access to a Staff Health and Wellbeing programme.

About ESNEFT

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

Additional Information

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025.