Senior Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This Senior Occupational Therapist role involves bridging complex client needs with innovative recovery plans within a multi-disciplinary team. You will work autonomously, advocate for the profession, and develop staff while evolving your own specialist skills. The position focuses on providing holistic, occupation and recovery-focused perspectives to service users, managing a defined caseload, and supervising junior staff and students. It requires balancing various aspects of the role, promoting Occupational Therapy, and applying complex skills to ensure effective assessment and intervention.
Essential criteria
- Registration with HCPC
- Recognised Occupational Therapist Professional Qualification
- Ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
- Ability to use technology such as Teams, Email, BI and RIO
- Experience of supervisory practices including OT students, junior staff, and group supervisions
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
- An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice
- Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Teams and RIO, and to access Internet resources
- Experience of use of outcome measures and data to demonstrate efficacy to an MDT
- Registration with HCPC
- Recognised Occupational Therapist Professional Qualification
- Ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
- Ability to use technology such as Teams, Email, BI and RIO
- Experience of supervisory practices including OT students, junior staff, and group supervisions
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
- An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice
- Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Teams and RIO, and to access Internet resources
- Experience of use of outcome measures and data to demonstrate efficacy to an MDT
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.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Ready to elevate your clinical leadership? You will bridge the gap between complex client needs and innovative recovery plans.
We offer a space where you can work autonomously, advocate for your profession, and develop staff--all while evolving your own specialist skill set in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi-disciplinary care team, bringing holistic, occupation and recovery focused perspectives to an exciting MDT.
Main duties of the job
- To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
- To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
- To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
- To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously.
- Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs.
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