Specialist Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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 experienced and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join a team providing goal-focused rehabilitation. You will support patients to remain in their homes through holistic assessments and interventions. The position involves a leadership role in planning and evaluating rehabilitation, as well as supervising junior staff and students. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across different clinical teams are essential.
Essential criteria
- Registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
- Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example sensory integration working towards post graduate level of study level.
- Evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable criteria
- Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
- oRegistered member of British Association of Occupational Therapists
- Work as part of an integrated team
- Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
- Prioritise own and others' workload, delegating appropriately
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Reflect maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers' practise and direct own learning
- Good analytic and judgement skills
- Work independently using own initiative
- To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Ability to manage a team
- Ability to act as care coordinator
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
- Proven experience of working relevant to the care group
- Experience of managing the work of others
- Proven Experience relevant to care group
- Registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
- Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example sensory integration working towards post graduate level of study level.
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
- oRegistered member of British Association of Occupational Therapists
- Work as part of an integrated team
- Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
- Prioritise own and others' workload, delegating appropriately
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Reflect maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers' practise and direct own learning
- Good analytic and judgement skills
- Work independently using own initiative
- To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Ability to manage a team
- Ability to act as care coordinator
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
- Proven experience of working relevant to the care group
- Experience of managing the work of others
- Proven Experience relevant to care group
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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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced, motivated clinician to join our team.
You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes.
It is expected that you will have excellent communication skills, enjoy working with a variety of service users of different age groups, have good self-management skills and an ability to prioritize your case load. You should ideally have experience of working in a variety of clinical settings with knowledge of the challenges of community working.
It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area.
This is a fixed term position until 27th September 2027.
Proposed Interview date: 6th October 2026
Main duties of the job
The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes by providing holistic assessments and interventions for this care group.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will have opportunity to undertake a leadership role in planning, c
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