# Senior Occupational Therapist - Front Door Therapy - Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-front-door-therapy-band-6/a8741c45-345f-4c25-b86e-ef680f62f06a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-front-door-therapy-band-6/a8741c45-345f-4c25-b86e-ef680f62f06a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Lincoln - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (This includes weekend and bank holiday working. This is an 8am to 8pm service and post holder is required to work till 8pm at least a weekday a week and alternative weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T12:51:52.125Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Lincoln/United_Lincolnshire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8137605 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8137605?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ulh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to recruit an experienced  Senior Occupational Therapist to join our  Front Door Therapy Team at Lincoln Hospital. You will  work within an experienced front door therapy team assessing patients from multiple specialities to facilitate discharge from the emergency areas.  You must be someone who enjoys the fast pace of life as well as being a great decision maker and communicator. You must be flexible, innovative, highly motivated and above all be committed to improving the care and assessment of people living with frailty.  The skills and knowledge of the Occupational Therapists are essential in supporting patients living with frailty and complex conditions and in assisting them in recovering from illness, to return home sooner with a safe and effective discharge plan based on their current needs and abilities, whilst promoting their independence and dignity, with the ultimate aim  to improve the patient outcome and experience. ### Main duties of the job To use expert skills and knowledge part of a comprehensive  MDT assessment to support the management of adults. To manage a complex caseload. To complete complex moving and handling assessments and/or demonstrating the use of moving and handling equipment with families and/or informal carers. This may also include  identifying  and completing access and  environmental home assessments to identify and minimise potential risk, part of effective discharge planning. To use highly developed communication skills on a daily basis, to liaise with patients, families, carers and a broad multidisciplinary team. You will be required to work in a range of emergency assessment areas, responding to patients in a timely and proactive manner. To also support the junior members of the team including therapy assistant practitioners with the delegation of assessments, caseload management and to provide regular supervision. Your base will be Lincoln County Hospital  but you will be required to travel to Pilgrim Hospital Boston as required to support the front door service. Service hours are 7 days a week from 8 am to 8pm and post holder is required to work within those hours to meet service needs.  Standard driving skills to visit patients or transport equipment from one location to another.  Ability to travel across Lincolnshire not serviced by public transport. Car driver. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities What should you do next? Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Well developed written and verbal communication skills - IT skills - Ability to work as part of a team - Ability to provide leadership and provide support for team and team leader - Specialist expertise in clinical area pertinent to post **Desirable** - Ability to work flexibly and proactively to meet the needs of varied clinical areas - Change management and leadership skills - Supervisory skills - Able to meet requirements of preceptor profile - Teaching Skills - Knowledge and skills relating to working with people living with dementia ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant, varied post graduate Occupational Therapy experience within an acute NHS or Community setting - Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities. - Evidence of active involvement in service developments **Desirable** - Evidence of involvement in organisations which support clinical practice eg RCOT specialist section - Experience of supervising staff - Evidence of having taken a lead in service developments - Experience of a range of clinical areas include general surgery, medicine, care of older people, orthopaedics community ### Qulification **Essential** - Occupational Therapy DipCOT or BSc OT - Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration. - Willingness to complete postgraduate study relating to the clinical area. **Desirable** - BAOT Member. - Practice Education certificate/ APPLE - Willingness to undertake post registration study relevant to Frailty - Masters in Occupational Therapy - It Qualification ### Specific Requirements **Essential** - Commitment to meeting best practice standards - Commitment to providing person-centred care and occupation-focused practice - Demonstrated ability to complete PDR objectives. - Enthusiasm/Knowledge of the profession and a desire to work with older people who often have complex needs **Desirable** - Ability to travel across county and between sites - Car driver (including access to own vehicle) ## Documents - [fdt b6 ot (pdf, 640.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435835) - [ceo welcome letter (pdf, 83.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2883) - [ulht staff networks (pdf, 13.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2739) - [acceptable use of ai in personal statements (pdf, 95.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2953) ## 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.