# Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barchester Healthcare.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barchester Healthcare
- **Location:** Hawthorns Care Centre
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Salary:** £20.06 per hour
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part Time
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-23T23:59:59.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21T15:17:23.953Z
- **Source information URL:** https://jobs.barchester.com/job/barchester/occupational-therapist-in-hawthorns-care-centre-114372
- **Application URL:** https://jobs.barchester.com/job/barchester/occupational-therapist-in-hawthorns-care-centre-114372
- **Employer website:** https://www.barchester.com/

## Job Content

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Occupational Therapist (OT) at a Barchester independent mental health hospital, you’ll establish and develop our therapy services to help us deliver the all-round care and quality support our patients deserve. You’ll be focused on improving our patients’ quality of life through clinical-related occupational therapy intervention guided by the patients’ specific needs and ambitions. We’ll look to you to develop and implement treatment programmes with a multi-disciplinary team, and regularly monitor and evaluate the OT service. You’ll lead by example to inspire and motivate the Occupational Therapy Assistants in your team, making sure they follow agreed policies and procedures, in particular within the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005. As an Occupational Therapist at Barchester, you’ll have the chance to create a safe and supportive environment where our patients can get the best possible outcomes.

ABOUT YOU

To join us in this role, you’ll be an ambitious Occupational Therapist with a degree in

Occupational Therapy, and ideally, experience in the mental health environment. We’ll look for excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively control budgets, utilise resources and provide statistical returns on the service as requested. A dedicated and experienced individual, you’ll be passionate about helping our patients get the most out of life.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

- Free learning and development
- Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
- A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
- Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme

If you’d like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- To join us in this role, you’ll be an ambitious Occupational Therapist with a degree in
- Occupational Therapy, and ideally, experience in the mental health environment. We’ll look for excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively control budgets, utilise resources and provide statistical returns on the service as requested. A dedicated and experienced individual, you’ll be passionate about helping our patients get the most out of life.

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