# Senior Occupational Therapist (Enhanced Practice in Care Homes) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-enhanced-practice-in-care-homes/ed9b108d-d941-4424-9422-3b33c26f11c6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-enhanced-practice-in-care-homes/ed9b108d-d941-4424-9422-3b33c26f11c6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. incl. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T15:40:44.580Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_therapy/Occupational_therapy-v8338331 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8338331?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you love working with people with complex needs, supporting the transition from hospital through personalised care and support and facilitating independence and quality of life? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 occupational therapist to join the award winning Enhanced Practice in Care Homes (EPiC) Team in Hackney. Working as part of a small dedicated multi-disciplinary team, the EPiC Occupational Therapist works collaboratively within the 4 nursing homes in Hackney and following recent review is now recurrently funded. Through the provision of proactive assessment for all new residents, and brief intervention focussing on posture and positioning, seating, falls prevention and facilitating independence and meaningful activity etc, the team has improved resident outcomes. The post holder will be experienced working with older adults and adults with complex needs; will enjoy collaborative working and support the development, and education of care staff. The team uses QI methodology to review and improve the service and is keen to embrace innovation to maximise outcomes. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be an experienced Occupational therapist who will utilise specialist skills and knowledge gained from several years’ experience to deliver person centred and clinically appropriate intervention to facilitate function, independence and improve quality of life for people living within a nursing home environment. They will work collaboratively with the care home staff, residents and families This will be achieved by providing holistic assessments of residents and working with the patient and care home staff to enhance their knowledge, skills, confidence, and professionalism. Responsibilities will include, carrying out initial interdisciplinary assessments for patients referred to the team, implementing occupational therapy assessment and intervention including the use and prescription of specialist equipment and liaising with and training care home staff to ensure recommendations are implemented through training and support. Using evidence-based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, as well as responsibility for managing and transferring an individual patient’s ongoing care to other professions and agencies as appropriate. Engaging with residents family and friends, and activity coordinators to explore and support meaningful activity within the care home environment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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 ### skills and experience **Essential** - - Working in the field of Elderly care and nursing/ care homes - - Experience of designing and delivering training - - Experience of multi- disciplinary working - - Experience of complex posture and positioning; seating, spasticity management, management of tone and cognitive impairment. - - Experience of palliative care and clinical skills working with people at the end of life - - Knowledge and experience of care of the older adult, dementia and long term conditions. **Desirable** - Leading QI project work - experience of co production ### Education/ qualifications **Essential** - - Degree-level professional qualification in Occupational therapy - HCPC registration - Relevant post graduation courses **Desirable** - Post graduate module qualification in relevant subjects. - member of RCOT SS Older people ### Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662243) ## 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.