# Specialist Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-occupational-therapist/aa41e002-901e-44e6-b7b4-a181f665c683 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-occupational-therapist/aa41e002-901e-44e6-b7b4-a181f665c683.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum, inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Until 15/10/2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T14:03:22.438Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Edgware_Middlesex/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Occupational_Therapist/Specialist_Occupational_Therapist-v8265976 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8265976?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join our innovative Community Ageing Well Service (CAWS) and make a meaningful difference to older people living with frailty, complex health needs and long-term conditions. As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will work within a supportive multidisciplinary team to help people remain independent, safe and confident in their own homes. You will use your specialist skills to assess needs, provide person-centred occupational therapy interventions and help people achieve what matters most to them. CAWS provides proactive, preventative and holistic care, working closely with GPs, community rehabilitation, social care, care homes, voluntary sector organisations and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams. Our work focuses on: - Promoting independence, wellbeing and quality of life - Reducing falls and functional decline - Supporting admission avoidance - Enabling people to remain safely at home This fixed-term maternity cover offers an opportunity to develop your specialist practice while contributing to a service that makes a positive difference to patients, carers and communities. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. ### Main duties of the job As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will: - Complete comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for people with complex physical, cognitive and functional needs. - Develop and deliver personalised treatment and rehabilitation plans based on individual goals and strengths. - Assess and recommend appropriate equipment, adaptations and moving and handling solutions. - Support people to maximise their independence, function, confidence and quality of life. - Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to develop coordinated, person-centred care plans. - Provide specialist occupational therapy advice to patients, carers and other health and social care professionals. - Contribute to falls prevention, frailty management and admission avoidance initiatives. - Provide supervision, guidance and support to therapy assistants and junior colleagues, where appropriate. - Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical governance. - Build effective working relationships across health, social care and voluntary sector services to support joined-up care. You will have the opportunity to use and develop your clinical expertise while contributing to a service focused on prevention, independence and better outcomes for older people. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial post registration experience as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Experience working at a Junior level in a wide range of specialised clinical areas, providing care to frail and elderly patients with long-term conditions and/or complex health needs including outpatients, neurology, rehabilitation, orthopedics and respiratory - Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team in NHS and social services **Desirable** - Experience in service development projects ### Key Attributes **Essential** - Able to work as a team member - Able to work under pressure - Able to resolve situations of conflict ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Skills in the assessment and treatment d, identifying any risk or potential problem and act appropriately effective record keeping, with adults with complex conditions and multi-pathologies - Knowledge and understanding of complex medical conditions including multipathologies and falls. - Ability to apply core Occupational Therapy skills across a range of clinical conditions within a client centred, goal setting. - Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence based practice associated with Occupational Therapy - Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format to accurately report and feedback information to colleagues and others - Knowledge and understanding of the role of Social Services and voluntary agencies - Knowledge of research and audit processes **Desirable** - Participation in research projects ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy - Current HCPC registration - Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation, Falls, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Older People Rehabilitation, Palliation ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580347) - [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580346) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580349) ## 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.