Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 02 November 2025
We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic and friendly inpatient rehabilitation team at Petersfield Community Hospital.
You will work alongside a dynamic multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality care and rehabilitation. You will use your skills and experience to provide individualised rehabilitation programmes to patients with a range of functional and rehabilitative needs, who are either recovering from an acute episode of care or step up from the community. Focus will be on innovative rehabilitation programmes that enable safe discharge with ongoing plans being met through our community integrated enablement services.
You will have a clear understanding of patients with long‑term conditions and should be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical assessment and reasoning, as well as being able to demonstrate experience of rehabilitation through group work and individualised programmes.
You will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills. You will need to be confident and assertive with excellent personal skills and have the ability to demonstrate these in a pressurised environment.
You will be educated to Degree or Diploma level and hold HCPC registration. The successful applicant will be proficient using IT systems.
We will consider staff looking for part‑time or job‑share opportunities. Access to a vehicle and possession of a full driving licence is essential.
Main duties of the job
* Provide a professional Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy service to an allocated caseload: assess clients, plan treatment/interventions and maintain associated records.
* Provide clinical Occupational Therapy skills within the Community Therapy Team / Community Hospital Team(s) and all other provider organisations.
* Work within the Trust’s Guidelines and the relevant professional body, Society and/or College, Clinical Guidelines.
* Travel between a variety of community settings as required – this job involves a proportionate time of driving.
* Be wholly accountable for practice, taking every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high‑quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training and collaborative working.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone – if you are concerned that a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team – detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree OT
* Health Professions Council registration
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£31,049 to £37,796 a year – please note that for part‑time hours the salary will be pro‑rata.
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