Senior Community Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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 an Occupational Therapist to join a supportive Community Rehabilitation Team in Keswick & Solway ICC. The team focuses on person-centred rehabilitation, supporting hospital discharge, preventing admissions, and offering community rehabilitation in homes or a rehabilitation centre. The post involves undertaking assessments, formulating treatment plans, and providing specialist interventions for adults and older adults. It requires enthusiasm for holistic practice and offers opportunities for training and development.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake assessment, clinical and functional diagnosis of adults/older adults using a range of specialist standardised assessments and clinical observation skills across physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional, psychological and social domains.
- Provide advice in the formulation or progress of a medical diagnosis and to support family members through this process.
- Contribute to the MDT's understanding of the family system and its impact on the patient.
- Formulate agreed specialist individual and/or group treatment plans and goals based on advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Provide specialist occupational therapy treatment interventions in a variety of environments.
- Provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching and instruction to others to promote understanding of occupational therapy aims.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Completion of core junior rotations (Respiratory/neurological/musculo skeletal/elderly care)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Good Knowledge of Evidence Based Clinical Practice within Rehabilitation
- Good Knowledge of Continuing Professional Development/Lifelong Learning Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance including Risk Management
- Understanding of Professional Code of Conduct and confidentiality
- Knowledge of key NHS drivers for change and implications for Occupational Therapy
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to organise workload of self and others
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Relevant practical occupational therapy skills
- The post holder needs good IT skills, the ability to input data, communicate via email and search for evidence-based practice
- Take an active part in training for personal and professional development
- Willing to actively take part in training of others
- Patient focused
- Flexible
- Reliable
- Friendly and approachable
- Able to travel independently, (and at times) transport patients and /or equipment across a large rural area the locality
- Must have full clean UK driving licence and access to own transport, including business insurance
- Able to work 7 days per week
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of attendance at relevant post graduate courses
- Previous experience of working at a Band 6 level
- Experience of working within a community setting
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team Teaching / Mentoring of healthcare professionals
- Knowledge of management of patients with long-term conditions and fall
- Knowledge of clinical audit and outcome measures, and their use in service improvement
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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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that values innovation and person -centred rehabilitation to join our supportive Community Rehabilitation Team. Keswick & Solway ICC Covers area of outstanding beauty from the Solway Plain to the Lake District National Park.
This post would be ideal for an experienced Band 5 wishing to gain community or Band 6 experience as well as experienced Band 6 staff
The team supports hospital discharge, works to prevent hospital admission, and offers community rehabilitation in Patient's homes or our established Rehabilitation Centre. The team also offers anticipatory care through Your Health matters and person centred support vis the Home Care Practitioner Service.
This role requires enthusiasm for holistic practice and utilising models of occupational therapy to assist individuals to achieve their occupational goals. Regular programme of In service training will help you to develop and to share your skills and expertise with others. An interest in personalised care handling is required but training can be provided
Keswick & Solway ICC embraces a compassionate culture that embraces upstream thinking, collaboration and staff development. We offer a Compassionate Induction with colleagues
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