# Community Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-occupational-therapist/b689669e-440c-42a3-9483-9edf8f8d184e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-occupational-therapist/b689669e-440c-42a3-9483-9edf8f8d184e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Westmorland General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T08:08:02.751Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Kendal/University_Hospitals_Morecambe_Bay_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Occupational_Therapist/Community_Occupational_Therapist-v8281465 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8281465?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit a Community Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy team in South Cumbria. You would be joining the team at an exciting time as we are in the process of integrating discharge to assess, supported discharge and intermediate care to form a wider therapy team based in the community setting to provide a comprehensive quality service for our service users. We are a multi-disciplinary team of Community Occupational Therapists, Community Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants based at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal. Working closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, Rapid Response teams and hospital discharge teams we provide rehabilitation and admission avoidance within patients own homes or care settings and CHC assessments, supporting people with a wide variety of conditions including frailty and falls, amputees, neurological conditions, orthopaedics and long term conditions. We support under-graduate clinical education to occupational therapy students on placement from the local universities. The service hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 630pm, Saturday and Sunday 8:30am - 4:30pm ### Main duties of the job Working independently as an autonomous practitioner supporting occupational therapy pathways, providing therapeutic assessment, diagnosis, treatment and being responsible for managing a caseload of patients with a range of frequently complex conditions. To regularly assist in the planning & delivery of team and departmental training and education sessions, to further professional and personal development for staff, working with the guidance and support of senior members of staff if required ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/ ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### experience **Essential** - Relevant post registration experience as an OT to achieve knowledge and skills applicable to this post - Experience of assessment and prescription of aids and adaptations. **Desirable** - Experience as a supervisor of OT (Band 5) and/or OT support staff and/or OT students - experience within community setting - Experience of caseload management and lone working as an autonomous practitioner. ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - Health and Care Professions Council registered OT - Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of OT, UK - Post graduate training or experience to post graduate diploma level or equivalent - Full UK driving licence, or equivalent qualification/ability to travel **Desirable** - Experience of research or audit - Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapists. - Positive risk taking training/experience ### Skills, ability and knowledge **Essential** - Transferable knowledge and skills at basic practitioner level with aptitude to develop to specialist OT practitioner level - Ability to develop effective working relationships / team working - Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues - Ability to work under pressure and recognise when support is required - Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. - Applied knowledge of health and social care legislation and guidelines e.g. National service Frameworks (NSF’s) and National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for clinical conditions and application to OT practice. - Ability to apply knowledge of the principles of clinical governance. - Written and oral communication skills in English sufficient to communicate effectively with patients to gain consent and explain treatment interventions and gain information required for the patient’s medical/social history relevant to OT. - Basic computer skills e.g. word processing, email and internet skills. - Understanding of MOHO and person centred approach to therapy ## Documents - [people strategy (pdf, 109.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2942) - [lgbt network leaflet (pdf, 226.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1741) - [access to work information sheet (pdf, 172.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2427) - [community occupational therapist band 6 (pdf, 194.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598063) - [community occupational therapist band 6 person spec (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598064) - [westmorland general hospital hospital accessibility plan (docx, 112.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1026) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.