Specialist Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 28.5
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Occupational Therapist to join a Community Response Hub in Cheshire West and Chester. You will work autonomously to assess and treat patients with diverse presentations in their own homes. The position requires HCPC registration and experience at Band 5 grade or equivalent, focusing on good time management and organisational skills.
Essential criteria
- Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional body
- Knowledge and Experience
- Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
- Knowledge of current best practice in specialist occupational therapy area
- Skills and Abilities
- Communication skills (verbal and non verbal)
- Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure
- Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience
- Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent
- HCPC registered
- Membership of professional body
- Knowledge and Experience
- Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
- Knowledge of current best practice in specialist occupational therapy area
- Skills and Abilities
- Communication skills (verbal and non verbal)
- Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure
- Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience
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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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Working Part time: 28.5 hours per week
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join one of our Community Response Hubs covering Cheshire West and Chester.
Based in a community setting, you will be part of a large team providing care and support to service users within their own homes.
Applicants must have a HCPC registration and able to demonstrate they have successfully completed a broad range of placement across clinical areas as a student or at Band 5 grade within the NHS.
Good time management skills, organisational skills and an ability to work autonomously under pressure are essential requirements to this post.
Main duties of the job
- To work as an autonomous practitioner to perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations.
- To communicate empathetically with patients with complex clinical presentation, explaining their clinical diagnosis and treatment programmes. Ensure that patients understand this and answer any queries they may have in relation to their diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To use clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and develop, deliver and adapt individualised treatment programmes.
- To contribute to monitoring and evaluation of treat
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