Specialist Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 28.5
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- 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
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Rural Community Response Hub in Cheshire West and Chester. This part-time role involves providing care and support to service users in their homes within a community setting. Applicants must be HCPC registered and demonstrate experience across various clinical areas, either as a student or at Band 5 level within the NHS. The position requires good time management, organisational skills, and the ability to work autonomously under pressure.
Essential criteria
- Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Membership pf professional body
- Knowledge and Experience
- Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience
- Experience of CPD and reflective practice
- Supervisory skills/ and or first line management experience
- 12 months community experience
- Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- Membership pf professional body
- Knowledge and Experience
- Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience
- Experience of CPD and reflective practice
- Supervisory skills/ and or first line management experience
- 12 months community 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 the Rural Community Response Hub 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 treatme
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