Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 22 February 2026
We have two exciting new opportunities to join our Inpatient Therapies Team as a Senior Occupational Therapist. We have a position based at Spinnaker Ward at St Mary's Community Health Campus, and a second position initially based at Gosport War Memorial Hospital for 12 months, and then working flexibly across the divisional therapy teams.
The Portsmouth Inpatient Units provide specialist rehabilitation and support to patients who need a period of rehabilitation following a period of hospital admission or an episode of being unwell at home. These patients may be working towards goals to see them return home or may require further assessment to enable a safe and well thought out discharge to an alternative destination. Our patients are cared for by a multidisciplinary team – led by our Matron, Clinical Leads, Nursing and Therapy Staff.
Our units offer our patients a 24‑hour approach to rehab and this is your opportunity to join a team striving for excellence in providing rehabilitation to the local community.
We also have a second role available which will initially be based at Gosport War Memorial Hospital for 12 months, and then working flexibly across the divisional therapy teams. This is an exciting opportunity to experience the different rehabilitation/community settings. Both roles advertised are permanent.
Main duties of the job
In order to provide safe and effective care staff you will be required to work over the seven‑day period with working hours 8am – 4pm. You will also need to be flexible with the potential to work later than 4pm. This working pattern includes working Bank Holidays and weekends.
* To provide advanced clinical and professional Occupational Therapy to the Community Therapy Team/Community Hospital Team, and to provide support to the Integrated Community Care team leaders in ensuring that the team contributes to the implementation of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare Clinical Governance Strategies.
* Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis, development, and delivery of individualised treatment programmes.
* To support the case management process by providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life or avoidable hospital admission to secondary care.
* Provide clinical Occupational Therapy skills within the Community Therapy Team/ Community Hospital Team(s), and all other provider organisations.
* Be skilled in assessing and treating a range of complex factors relating to the patient's condition, diagnosis and prognosis.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
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 as a potential candidate you are concerned 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
* Registered Allied Health Professional
* Educated to Degree level or Diploma equivalent
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.
Address
St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)
£38,682 to £46,580 a year – please note for part‑time hours the salary will be pro rata.
Contract
Permanent
Reference number
348-PSE-10357
Job locations
* St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)
* Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 6AD
* Fareham Reach
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