Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 12 April 2026
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply: o Cornwall Foundation Trust o Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust o Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board. If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
We are seeking a dynamic Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our East Rehab Therapies Team.
In this varied and rewarding role, you'll manage a diverse caseload of individuals with complex needs across community and inpatient settings, using evidence-based practice to deliver high-quality, person-centred rehabilitation. You'll exercise professional autonomy when assessing, planning and reviewing interventions, and play a key part in triaging new referrals into the service.
You will support and guide junior colleagues, including rotational Band 5 therapists and wider team members, while also taking a lead role in supervising Occupational Therapy students. As an experienced clinician, you'll contribute to service development, helping shape and enhance therapy pathways to deliver the best outcomes for our patients.
Main duties of the job
* To manage a defined caseload of patients with complex needs within the Community and inpatient settings using evidence-based practice, occupational therapy process and patient-centered principles
* To provide a high standard occupational therapy to the service, performing advanced assessments of patients including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan.
* To have an active role with the triage of new referrals coming into the teams.
* To provide leadership and support for junior staff through supervision, training, and appraisal as well as leading with occupational therapy students.
* To participate in the planning and development of therapy services.
* Model and deliver excellent evidence based clinical care, working as an autonomous Practitioner.
* To support the community rehabilitation and inpatient service inline with a 'one workforce' culture across services, settings, and sectors in the community and step-down intermediate care settings.
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Job responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Person Specification
Education and Experience
* Professional Qualification - Degree or Diploma in Occupational therapy.
* Relevant experience or Evidence of professional knowledge acquired through specialist courses
* Current Professional registration - HCPC
* Experience in leadership and managing a team
Knowledge and abilities
* Good teaching ability/education experience providing training in a range of subjects on a regular basis
Skills and Aptitude
* Highly specialist assessment and treatment skills in patients with multiple pathologies
* Highly specialist skills in psychological care
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.
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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