# Specialist Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-occupational-therapist/d0168905-e2cf-4c94-93c0-de8a1d36a876 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-occupational-therapist/d0168905-e2cf-4c94-93c0-de8a1d36a876.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Forest of Dean (including Tewkesbury Newent and Staunton) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **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 to Friday initially, but this service will become a 7 day service in the future) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T08:30:41.447Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Multiple_across_all_integrated_community_teams/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8245929 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8245929?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity in a new service for a B6 Occupational Therapist to join our Forest of Dean (including Tewkesbury, Newent and Staunton) Integrated Community Team (ICT). The service operates across Primary Care linked localities of Gloucester, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean (including Tewkesbury, Newent and Staunton), Cotswolds and Stroud. Each ICT includes Occupational Therapists, Community Nurses, Physiotherapists, and a Home First service. We work closely with a range of teams from within our own organisation and key local system partners including, Adult Social Care, GPs, residential homes, acute hospitals, community hospitals, housing and voluntary organisations. ### Main duties of the job Within this new service, your initial focus will be to offer OT assessment and interventions to individuals with short term, recovery-focused needs including: - Significant health episode with rapid decline in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) - Sudden unexpected deterioration at end of life, requiring support to remain in preferred place of care. - Recent acute event or hospital discharge with ongoing clinical risk, not on a Home First pathway. The post holder will be involved in the decision making and flow of Occupational Therapy referrals within your locality by supporting clinical triage when needed, and using your clinical expertise, relationships and knowledge to ensure a timely OT response to reduce the risk and maintain a person at home. Our philosophy is that supported self-management is key to personalised and positive outcomes for people. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. Closing date: 8th September 2026 Interview Dates: 15th September 2026 ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Occupational Therapy plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level - Health Care Professions Council registration (HCPC) ### Length and Nature of Experience **Essential** - Experience of delivering occupational therapy in community or equivalent settings. - Experience of autonomous caseload management. - Significant postgraduate clinical experience as an Occupational therapist ### Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level - Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in patients with complex needs and multi pathologies - Ability to deliver person centred, goal focused interventions using occupational therapy models of practice. ## Documents - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) - [specialist occupation therapist jd and ps (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10557539) ## 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.