# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/6f32e38e-4aca-4220-b6cb-a6812acdfa24 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/6f32e38e-4aca-4220-b6cb-a6812acdfa24.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rochford Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-20T11:30:39.094Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Harlow/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_therapy/Occupational_therapy-v8241165 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8241165?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within the Harlow Integrated Community Care Team (ICCT), you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of proactive, neighbourhood-based care that enables people to remain independent and well within their own homes and communities. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for individuals with complex physical health needs, focusing on preventing hospital admissions, facilitating timely discharge, and reducing health inequalities. You will work closely with local Primary Care Networks, community services, social care, voluntary sector partners, and neighbourhood teams to deliver coordinated, person-centred care plans that promote independence, wellbeing, and self-management. The role supports the wider neighbourhood agenda by fostering integrated working, early intervention, and population health approaches to ensure residents receive the right care, in the right ### Main duties of the job See job description for details in relation to main duties and personal specification for role requitements ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To deliver high quality, skilled clinical care to patients and provide rehabilitation and long term care/conditions management in a variety of community settings. - To manage a caseload of patients with complex health & social care needs, using evidence based, client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement & evaluate interventions. - To utilise specialist skills and knowledge to undertake comprehensive assessments of patients. - To analyse information gained form assessment to formulate an accurate intervention. - To collaboratively discuss and agree SMART goals and outcomes for treatment with patients. This at times may involve negotiation and motivation skills and the need to work sensitively with patients. - To ensure patients understands and consent to treatment plans. If the patient does not have the capacity to give consent, to be able to work within the legal framework as appropriate. - To develop collaborative treatment programmes with patients, carers and colleagues, demonstrating client centred practice and specialist problem solving techniques. The selection of techniques will be based on both theoretical, practical knowledge and evaluative past experiences. - Evaluate patient progress, reassess and review treatment programmes as required through the monitoring of medical and rehabilitation needs and adjusting if needed. This will involve determining the potential for rehabilitation and future care and support needs - Plan and prioritise own workload and delegate tasks where appropriate to ensure effective use of time. - Facilitate the safe transfer of patients using approved moving and handling techniques and equipment. - To assess and clinically justify the provision of equipment to patients. To be responsible for ensuring equipment provided is safe to use and advise the multi-professional team/family where appropriate. - Identify and undertake risk assessments of patients and environments during each intervention. - To liaise with GP’s, other professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver patient centred care to a high standard. - To be able to hand over patients to non-qualified staff, providing a clear treatment plan and review progress of this at appropriate and regular intervals. - To be able to manage discharges of patients in a timely manner in agreement with patient, carers and families. To complete clear discharge summaries explaining interventions, outcomes of therapy and appropriate next steps. ### 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** - UK licence - access to vehicle for work ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of NHS polices and Neighbourhood and proactive care, preventing admissions and enabling people to remain independent at home. - Experience of rehabilitation and functional assessment - Experience of working with adults with physical health needs ### Experience **Essential** - Broad range of experience across a sample of clinical areas - Evidence of wide range of clinical and non clinical experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent in Occupational therapy - Relevant training appropriate to role ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10552050) - [ps (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10552051) - [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990) - [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853) - [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355) - [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659) - [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451) ## 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.