Job overview
We are looking for an experienced, motivated clinician to join our team.
You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes.
It is expected that you will have excellent communication skills, enjoy working with a variety of service users of different age groups, have good self-management skills and an ability to prioritize your case load. You should ideally have experience of working in a variety of clinical settings with knowledge of the challenges of community working.
It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area.
This is a fixed term position until 27th September 2027.
Proposed Interview date: 3rd August 2026
Main duties of the job
The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes by providing holistic assessments and interventions for this care group.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will have opportunity to undertake a leadership role in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the rehabilitation provided and be responsible for the supervision of junior staff and students.
You will be able to demonstrate the ability to build networks and relationships over a number of sites and different clinical teams. You will embrace innovation and integrated working and will be committed to delivering excellence in care alongside other OTs, Physiotherapists, Associate Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Work as part of an integrated team
- Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
- Prioritise own and others’ workload, delegating appropriately
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Reflect maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers' practise and direct own learning
- Good analytic and judgement skills
- Work independently using own initiative
- To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Ability to manage a team
- Ability to act as care coordinator
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working relevant to the care group
Desirable
- Experience of managing the work of others
- Proven Experience relevant to care group
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
- Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example sensory integration working towards post graduate level of study level.
- Evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable
- Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
- • Registered member of British Association of Occupational Therapists
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This advert is for Specialist Occupational Therapist with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is 14 months (Fixed term until 27th September 2027). The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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