# Band 7 Occupational Therapist - adult community

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- **Town:** Thornton Heath
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum incl of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27T08:22:35.084Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Highly_Specialist_Occupational_Therapist/Highly_Specialist_Occupational_Therapist-v8038202
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8038202?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Community Occupational Therapist (Adult)

Band 7

Highly specialist  Occupational Therapist with extensive experience of working in community adult social care. Work with vulnerable adults to provide expert assessment and advice, and arrange service provision to improve independence, promote safety and adapt the environment. Contribute to day to day running of the service, and service improvement. Offer line management and supervision to occupational therapists and occupational therapy technicians. Experience working within adult social including major adaptations process.  Experience of teaching others and presentations. Highly effective communicator. Ability to lead and motivate team. Experience of complex manual handling, standard and specialist equipment.

Interview date: TBC

### Main duties of the job

- Assess functional needs of adults in their home environment, recommend and implement an occupational therapy plan to optimise function and quality of life.
- Ensure that assessment and intervention are culturally sensitive.
- Contribute to overall operation of the service.
- Support the team development in a specific area of community occupational therapy, e.g. intake and duty, complex manual handling, major adaptations.
- Supervision  and mentoring of occupational therapists and occupational therapy technicians.
- Assessing for and supporting client through major adaptation process. To  include DFG, liasing with housing and surveyors, Working with council and staying put.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.*****

## Job Details

Community Occupational Therapist (Adult)

Band 7

Highly specialist Occupational Therapist with extensive experience of working in community adult social care. Work with vulnerable adults to provide expert assessment and advice, and arrange service provision to improve independence, promote safety and adapt the environment. Contribute to day to day running of the service, and service improvement. Offer line management and supervision to occupational therapists and occupational therapy technicians. Experience working within adult social including major adaptations process. Experience of teaching others and presentations. Highly effective communicator. Ability to lead and motivate team. Experience of complex manual handling, standard and specialist equipment.

Interview date: TBC

## Job Description

Assess functional needs of adults in their home environment, recommend and implement an occupational therapy plan to optimise function and quality of life.

Ensure that assessment and intervention are culturally sensitive.

Contribute to overall operation of the service.

Support the team development in a specific area of community occupational therapy, e.g. intake and duty, complex manual handling, major adaptations.

Supervision and mentoring of occupational therapists and occupational therapy technicians.

Assessing for and supporting client through major adaptation process. To include DFG, liasing with housing and surveyors, Working with council and staying put.

## Responsibilities

*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.*****

## Person Specification

### Essential

**Essential**

- Experience of managing staff
- Experience of managing complex adaptations
- Indepth knowledge of complex manual handling and equipment
- HCPC registration

**Desirable**

- Car driver / owner
- Knowledge of Care Act

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 766.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326522)
- [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414)
- [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972)
- [onboarding roadmap (chs) (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2449)

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