# Occupational Therapist Clinical Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-clinical-specialist/949c6b8e-8636-430b-b590-506fa855f2dd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-clinical-specialist/949c6b8e-8636-430b-b590-506fa855f2dd.md ## 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 (subject to confirmation) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T07:43:13.760Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8159486 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8159486?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join the team at The Harbour, Blackpool, as a Band 7 Clinical Specialist. The Harbour is a modern, purpose-built 154-bed Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit providing care for individuals with complex mental health needs. This role offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership, support service development, and deliver high-quality, person-centred care within a dynamic inpatient setting. You will work collaboratively across inpatient services and with community teams to support recovery-focused pathways and improve outcomes for service users. ### Main duties of the job Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation, and intervention for service users with complex needs Lead and support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based OT practice within the inpatient setting Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) working, including risk assessment, care planning, and discharge planning Support patient flow and timely, safe discharge planning Provide clinical leadership, support, and supervision to Occupational Therapy staff and students Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and governance processes Work collaboratively with inpatient and community teams to ensure continuity of care ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Extensive specialist knowledge of the care and management of patients in area of speciality - Expert clinician with advanced clinical reasoning and manual therapy skills - Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights and the competencies appropriate to your role to support patients’ diverse needs and human rights. - Have a good understanding of their communication, physical & emotional needs; can identify their individual needs and preferences, their changing needs and recognise and promote their independence. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post registration experience in the speciality area including having worked as a clinical specialist (band 6) in area of speciality - Experience of collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and inter professional resources - Experience of clinical team leadership - Evidence of having influenced and implemented change ### Qualifications **Essential** - HCPC - First degree/equivalent professional pre-registration qualification in Occupational Therapy - Significant post qualification experience in the relevant field. - Clinical based post-graduate qualification ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460093) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## 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.