# Bank Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £17.22 12.07% holiday pay + Unsocial Hours (if applicable)
- **Contract type:** Bank
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, Other, Bank
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09T14:03:22.325Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Watford/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Stroke_Neurological/Stroke_Neurological-v8144886
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8144886?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!

To provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment for referred clients, as part of a multidisciplinary team, planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions for groups or individuals, identified  within the unit. This is a broad summary of the role detailing key areas of operation and responsibilities – further detail will be provided in the Main Duties and Responsibilities section, below, which provides more  granular detail.

### Main duties of the job

- Be an active member of the clinical team, providing a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service to residents of West Hertfordshire within the bed-based unit.
- Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and  treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
- Build up and maintain key relationships with referring services across CLCH including the acute  and community teams to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role of the

Occupational Therapist and the Multi-professional team
- Be responsible for the supervision Rehabilitation Assistants and Occupational Therapy  students, with guidance from Senior Therapists.

- Support self and service development through active participation in Continuing Professional  Development (CPD) and by participating in any Inservice Training, Audit or research being  undertaken by the service

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Application of the OT Process.
- Experience of working as part of an MDT
- Use of functional assessment and activity analysis.
- Relevant work experience in a variety of clinical placements

**Desirable**

- Experience of delegation to support staff.
- Previous experience of working in the NHS

### Key Attributes

**Essential**

- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

### Skills and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of current best practice in OT
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups.
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Understanding of team dynamics.
- Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, risk assessment and management.
- Effective written, verbal and listening communication skills.
- Basic knowledge of the principals of clinical governance
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Health, safety and risk awareness.
- Ability to manage time/caseload effectively.
- Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice.

### Edudcational/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
- Evidence of active CPD portfolio
- Relevant Post graduate training

## Documents

- [ot jd band 5 (pdf, 292.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443964)
- [clch trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443963)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443962)

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