# Advanced Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Preston
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-11T15:22:08.788Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8077528
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8077528?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, treatment, planning, delivery and evaluation of evidence based, highly specialised occupational therapy intervention within the areas Forensic Inpatient Unit based at Guild Lodge.

### Main duties of the job

To support an effective journey for people admitted to inpatient unit and lead the occupational therapy pathway for service user’s from inpatients to a successful discharge back into the community.

This senior position requires achieving an appropriate balance between the provision of specialist occupational therapy and taking on shared roles that contribute to the efficient functioning of the team.

The post holder will have responsibilities for mentoring and supervising junior occupational therapy staff, where required, as well as providing regular fieldwork opportunities for occupational therapy students, and contribute to the learning of other team members or students from other disciplines.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

## Job Details

The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, treatment, planning, delivery and evaluation of evidence based, highly specialised occupational therapy intervention within the areas Forensic Inpatient Unit based at Guild Lodge.

## Job Description

To support an effective journey for people admitted to inpatient unit and lead the occupational therapy pathway for service user’s from inpatients to a successful discharge back into the community.

This senior position requires achieving an appropriate balance between the provision of specialist occupational therapy and taking on shared roles that contribute to the efficient functioning of the team.

The post holder will have responsibilities for mentoring and supervising junior occupational therapy staff, where required, as well as providing regular fieldwork opportunities for occupational therapy students, and contribute to the learning of other team members or students from other disciplines.

## Responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance.
- In-depth understanding of current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents.
- Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks – policy and procedure.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical speciality.
- Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice.

### Education / Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Masters module/post grad qualification in relevant field of clinical expertise (or working towards) / post-grad qualification/equivalent knowledge & experience to masters level.

## Documents

- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 600.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10369447)

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