Specialist Occupational Therapist - Rehabilitation - FTC March 2026

Job overview

Closing Date:  12.05.25  (this may change dependent on response)

Shortlisting to take place in the week following closing date:  commencing  13.05.25

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting:  commencing 19.05.25

After securing significant additional funding, we are excited to announce that we have the opportunity for motivated, flexible and forward-thinking therapists to join the rehabilitation team in the Bradford District and Craven Integrated Rehabilitation Pathway (previously Long Covid Pathway).

With 5 years supporting Long Covid patients in a primarily group based, virtual format, and have built an experienced, supportive team leading the way in complex rehabilitation delivery, including but not limited to Fatigue, Breathing Pattern Disorders, Stress, Pain, Symptoms of Dysautonomia and a very successful Vocational Rehab offering.

We are now expanding this offer of Vocational Rehabilitation to other long-term conditions to support people to remain in and return to work.  We understand this is often an unexplored clinical area, as a team we are committed to supporting you to build your clinical rehabilitation skills in symptom-based management and Vocational Rehabilitation.

This will consist of a combination of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. We would be keen to support secondments from other NHS organisations to provide opportunities for development across the local area and beyond.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the role

This unique role encourages therapists to use their core skills in rehabilitation to promote behaviour change and support patients to self-manage their symptoms / condition and in turn support them to return to work/remain in work in a healthy capacity.

You will have the opportunity to run and continue the development of group-based interventions. Whilst also utilising 1:1 work with patients for a more individualised approach where required. You will develop skills in AHP Work and Health report writing and utilise Med3 FIT notes to support these, as well as reasonable adjustments and phased return to work planning.

As a team we currently provide a range of group-based interventions using a CBT style approach in the following areas: sleep, stress management, brain fog / cognition, fatigue management, remaining in work, returning to work, breathing pattern disorder, mindfulness for health, gentle movement, as well as weekly drop-in sessions for mindfulness and mindful movement.

You will be supported by both regular MDT meetings and clinical supervision, as well as an engaging IST programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking to recruit a total of 3.4 WTE band 6 therapists.

We believe this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced B5 or B6 therapist who is seeking a unique opportunity to further both their clinical and behaviour change skills. The team are one of few in the country selected to support this work and you could be at the forefront of this symptom based, patient led service expansion.

With close links to Bradford University and system wide support across Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford District Care Trust and Airedale NHS Foundation trust we can offer training opportunities that may be required to help meet the needs of this patient group.

Flexible working patterns and contracted hours will be considered within for the role advertised and we would encourage you to discuss this on an individual basis.   The role will be prodmenantly based at home with regular travel to clinic settings across the patch.

We support a mixture of home, virtual and out-patient clinic based working due to the area that we cover across Bradford, Airedale, and Craven with a personalised approach to patient care.  Patient contact will vary from telephone, video, face to face, individual and / or group sessions.

The Integrated Rehab team provides a holistic service putting self-management and rehabilitation at the centre of the care we provide for our service users. We strive to provide the right level of care that the patient requires at that time. We are excited to provide a brilliant learning opportunity for a therapist to further their skill set across the broad spectrum of symptom-based management within a supportive team.

Working as part of a large MDT including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing, Speech and Language therapy and Long Covid Assessors enables us to think innovatively about how we meet the complex needs of our clients. We also have access to respiratory, cardiology and rehabilitation specialist consultants at regular MDT meetings.