# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/4ffbf1ef-4964-411e-a67b-601bc50afb96 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/4ffbf1ef-4964-411e-a67b-601bc50afb96.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £33677.00 to £40996.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (Until 23/05/2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working as per rota pattern - ward based role) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T10:16:35.866Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8353742 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8353742?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services as an Occupational Therapist on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Wards at Potters Bar Community Hospital. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will support patients with a variety of conditions through comprehensive occupational therapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning. In this Band 5 role, you will: - Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver patient-centred rehabilitation. - Assess individual needs and plan appropriate occupational therapy interventions. - Support safe, effective discharge planning. This is an opportunity to develop your practice while contributing to rehabilitation that helps patients achieve the best possible outcomes. ### Main duties of the job As an Occupational Therapist within the bed-based unit, you will: - Provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment for referred patients, planning, delivering and evaluating interventions for individuals and groups. - Manage your own caseload autonomously in line with professional standards and clinical guidelines, maintaining accurate professional documentation. - Contribute actively to the multi-disciplinary team, delivering a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for residents of West Hertfordshire. - Build and maintain effective relationships with referring CLCH acute and community services to support appropriate referrals and understanding of the Occupational Therapist and multi-professional team roles. - Take part in Continuing Professional Development, in-service training, audit and research 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. ### 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 ### Other **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) ### 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 ### 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. - Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice. ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy. - Current AHP with UK HCPC registration - Evidence of active CPD portfolio - Relevant Post graduate training. ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10681192) - [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10679469) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 136.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10679470) ## 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.