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Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Successful completion or willingness to undertake preceptorship
- Experience
Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
- Experience
Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
- Skills and Competencies
Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
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Evidence of good time management skills
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Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
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Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to commute between the various sites
- Skills and Competencies
Mandatory training to support safe practice and the management of violence and aggression
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to safely manoeuvre patients/service-users and or equipment
- Skills and Competencies
Requirement for frequent concentration e.g., assessments, care plans
- Skills and Competencies
Provide working hours to support the service needs
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Registration with the Health Professions Council
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A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
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Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based relevant to the clinical area
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Basic IT skills
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
- Experience
Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Experience
Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
- Experience
Experience of learning disability interventions - moving and handling, specialist equipment, PBS, Sensory Integration
- Skills and Competencies
Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
- Skills and Competencies
Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
- Skills and Competencies
Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to be a Practice Placements for students.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Qualifications and Knowledge
Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Job overview
This role may be eligible for recruitment incentives, please liaise with the recruiting manager for further detail.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a an enthusiastic and dedicated HCPC registered Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our established, friendly and supportive team within the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire Community Team for Learning Disabilities.
As part of the CTLD you will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team alongside Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists and Learning Disability Nurses. We also work closely with our social care colleagues.
We will support you with specialist training and supervision to reach your potential and excel in your chosen career path. Experience in equipment and adaptation, moving and handling and supporting people to engage in meaningful occupations would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
To follow the Occupational Therapy Process (information gathering, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, evaluation and discharge planning) and contribute to care planning process as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
To manage own caseload.
To assess capacity, gain valid consent and work within legal framework appropriate to service area.
To offer education, advice and training to informal and formal carers to best support client safety.
Ensure patient documentation is accurate, maintaining complete and contemporaneous records in line with HCPC/RCOT and Trust standards.
Promote the involvement and engagement of patients/service users and carers /relatives.
Ensure understanding of own and others level of accountability and responsibility when delegating tasks and duties to students and support staff.
Ensure that practice is within scope of own ability, knowledge, skills and experience. To ensure that practice is within the RCOT Code of Conduct and professional standards as well as Trust standards and policies.
Provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines
Undertake the practice educators course to supervise OT students.
May participate in departmental research
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
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.
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This advert is for Occupational Therapist with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust in Hull, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Oct 2026.
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