# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/daf7a9bb-e328-4c6c-b384-9b7ba26915fa - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/daf7a9bb-e328-4c6c-b384-9b7ba26915fa.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - **Town:** Maidstone - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T08:52:14.620Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Folkestone/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8035281 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8035281?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Ready to elevate your clinical leadership? You will bridge the gap between complex client needs and innovative recovery plans. We offer a space where you can work autonomously, advocate for your profession, and develop staff—all while evolving your own specialist skill set in a fast-paced, rewarding environment. The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi-disciplinary care team, bringing holistic, occupation and recovery focused perspectives to an exciting MDT. ### Main duties of the job - To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service. - To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. - To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice. - To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students. - Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously. - Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Balancing all aspects of the job role. - Being flexible and responsive to competing demands. - Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice. - Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice. - To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs. - To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence. - To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience. - To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards - To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). ## Job Details Ready to elevate your clinical leadership? You will bridge the gap between complex client needs and innovative recovery plans. We offer a space where you can work autonomously, advocate for your profession, and develop staff—all while evolving your own specialist skill set in a fast-paced, rewarding environment. The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi-disciplinary care team, bringing holistic, occupation and recovery focused perspectives to an exciting MDT. ## Job Description To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service. To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice. To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students. Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously. Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs. ## Responsibilities Balancing all aspects of the job role. Being flexible and responsive to competing demands. Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice. Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice. To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs. To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence. To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience. To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team - Supervisory and appraisal skills - Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others **Desirable** - An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice - Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Teams and RIO, and to access Internet resources - Experience of use of outcome measures and data to demonstrate efficacy to an MDT ### Experience **Essential** - Registration with HCPC - Recognised Occupational Therapist Professional Qualification - Ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously **Desirable** - Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group. - Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings - Experience of being involved in service developments or audits ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [trust name change (pdf, 813.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2991) - [training requirements (pdf, 120.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323197) - [digital services new starter requirements.docx (pdf, 296.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323198) - [band 6 job description and person specification (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323195) ## 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.