Specialist Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join a new Integrated Community Team (ICT) in the Forest of Dean area. The role involves providing OT assessments and interventions for individuals with short-term, recovery-focused needs, including those with rapid decline in ADLs, sudden deterioration at end of life, or recent acute events. The post holder will support clinical triage and use their expertise to ensure timely OT responses, aiming to reduce risk and maintain people at home. The service emphasizes supported self-management for positive patient outcomes.
Key responsibilities
- Offer OT assessment and interventions to individuals with short term, recovery-focused needs.
- Support individuals experiencing significant health episodes with rapid decline in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
- Provide support for those with sudden unexpected deterioration at end of life, helping them remain in their preferred place of care.
- Assist patients with recent acute events or hospital discharge who have ongoing clinical risk.
- Be involved in decision-making and flow of Occupational Therapy referrals within your locality.
- Support clinical triage and use clinical expertise to ensure timely OT responses.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
- Health Care Professions Council registration (HCPC)
- Experience of delivering occupational therapy in community or equivalent settings.
- Experience of autonomous caseload management.
- Significant postgraduate clinical experience as an Occupational therapist
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
- Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in patients with complex needs and multi pathologies
- Ability to deliver person centred, goal focused interventions using occupational therapy models of practice.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity in a new service for a B6 Occupational Therapist to join our Forest of Dean (including Tewkesbury, Newent and Staunton) Integrated Community Team (ICT).
The service operates across Primary Care linked localities of Gloucester, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean (including Tewkesbury, Newent and Staunton), Cotswolds and Stroud.
Each ICT includes Occupational Therapists, Community Nurses, Physiotherapists, and a Home First service. We work closely with a range of teams from within our own organisation and key local system partners including, Adult Social Care, GPs, residential homes, acute hospitals, community hospitals, housing and voluntary organisations.
Main duties of the job
Within this new service, your initial focus will be to offer OT assessment and interventions to individuals with short term, recovery-focused needs including:
- Significant health episode with rapid decline in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Sudden unexpected deterioration at end of life, requiring support to remain in preferred place of care.
- Recent acute event or hospital discharge with ongoing clinical risk, not on a Home First pathway.
The post holder will be involved in the decision making and flow of Occupational
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