Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

You will play a key role in supporting patients through their recovery and discharge planning, ensuring timely and effective interventions in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team (MDT).

• Deliver specialist occupational therapy interventions within an acute hospital setting.
• Support effective and timely discharge planning in partnership with the MDT.
• Supervise junior staff and contribute to the education of students on placement.
• Assist the team lead with daily caseload management and lead service development initiatives.

We are seeking a professional who brings:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound knowledge of occupational therapy practice in acute care settings.
• Ability to work collaboratively within an MDT environment.
• Commitment to high standards of patient care and service improvement.

• Interview Date Monday 23 February 2026
• 22 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

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Main duties of the job

Discharge planning skills are key to this post, and you will need to be able to make timely decisions regarding the patients on your caseload.

Your professional growth will be supported by experienced Band 7 therapists. Excellent time management and organizational skills and the ability to work under pressure are also essential requirements of this post.

We are looking for a proactive team player with strong communication skills, who will have the opportunity to teach, supervise, and appraise junior staff, assistants, and students.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of occupational therapy care to complex and highly complex patients within a specialist area evidencing high level problem solving, reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
• The specialist practitioner is the clinical lead for the Occupational Therapy Service within the area of practice providing highly specialist knowledge within the Trust and externally to therapists and other health care professionals from secondary and primary care.