Community Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
HiveMind found a sponsorship-friendly statement in the source advert welcoming applicants who require a visa. Always confirm on the source before applying.
“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Community Occupational Therapist to join an Integrated Neighbourhood Team in Camden, Central London. The successful candidate will provide client-centred assessment and rehabilitation in various community settings. The position involves working within a supportive multi-disciplinary team, focusing on evidence-based, goal-focused rehabilitation for diverse client needs. It offers opportunities for clinical and leadership development within the Trust.
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
- Worked in the NHS or equivalent Health Care Service
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate MSc Degree
- Membership of BAOT
- Post Registration courses in the following e.g. ? Neurology ? Older people/elderly rehab ? Goal setting
- Experience with Older People/Elderly Rehab
- Experience with Falls
- Experience with Dementia and delirium
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Experience with Medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics
- Previous experience of supervising juniors and/or students
- Experience of completion of audit and service developments
- Experience in working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
- Previous general experience to include the following: ? Urgent Community Response working ? Neurology ? Pain Management
- Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Demonstrate clinical and professional development
- Understanding the principals of Multi-disciplinary teamwork
- Demonstrates understating and experience of working within frailty
- Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines
- Understanding of delirium - causes, treatment and effects on function and cognition
- Demonstrates flexibility, problem solving, initiative and leadership skills
- Able to prioritise, delegate and manage own time
- Excellent IT skills
- Use of System 1, EMIS, EPIC
- Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
- The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time
- The ability to work in a team
- Education/Qualificiations
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
- Worked in the NHS or equivalent Health Care Service
- Post Graduate MSc Degree
- Membership of BAOT
- Post Registration courses in the following e.g. ? Neurology ? Older people/elderly rehab ? Goal setting
- Experience with Older People/Elderly Rehab
- Experience with Falls
- Experience with Dementia and delirium
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Experience with Medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics
- Previous experience of supervising juniors and/or students
- Experience of completion of audit and service developments
- Experience in working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
- Previous general experience to include the following: ? Urgent Community Response working ? Neurology ? Pain Management
- Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Demonstrate clinical and professional development
- Understanding the principals of Multi-disciplinary teamwork
- Demonstrates understating and experience of working within frailty
- Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines
- Understanding of delirium - causes, treatment and effects on function and cognition
- Demonstrates flexibility, problem solving, initiative and leadership skills
- Able to prioritise, delegate and manage own time
- Excellent IT skills
- Use of System 1, EMIS, EPIC
- Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
- The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time
- The ability to work in a team
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 7d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Community Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join a Community Health team working across the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in the borough of Camden. Services in this Central London location provide client-centred assessment and rehabilitation in patient homes, therapy gyms and community facilities.
Our Trust has a variety of staff benefits which have been detailed in the staff wellbeing attachment.
If you come and work with us, we will ensure you are able to follow your clinical and leadership development priorities identified through your personal development and appraisal plan. We will equip you for mobile working and actively support flexible working practice.
You will enjoy the rewards of working with a client group for whom you can make a significant difference every day, and you will experience the benefits of being part of a supportive multi-agency effort which includes Medical, Mental Health, Nursing, Allied Health Professional, Social care and Reablement staff.
Main duties of the job
To promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective Occupational Therapy Service to clients referred to the Integrated Community Health Service, in a multi-disciplinary context, and in accordance
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