Occupational Therapist - Intermediate Care
The closing date is 09 March 2026
Qualifying this year? Ready to start your occupational therapy career or enhance your skills by gaining experience in community rehabilitation?
We are looking for highly motivated, passionate occupational therapists to join our NELFT London Intensive Rehabilitation Service.
We can offer excellent work‑life balance and benefits including:
* Protected CPD time with a varied In Service Training Programme
* Regular supervision
* Close transport links into London
* Opportunity for service development and audit
* Flexibility within our 7 day working services
* Agile working devices to support community based working
* High cost area supplement
* Salary Sacrifice car scheme
* Possible rotation within physical and mental health teams.
If you are interested in coming to work for NELFT and meet our criteria we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
The IRS is a large multidisciplinary London based community team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Rehab Assistants. We offer physical rehabilitation as an alternative to hospital bed-based rehabilitation, supporting patients to recover at home within their own environment. We work closely with the Inpatient Rehabilitation Services and acute partners to enable early facilitated discharges whilst supporting patients through an intensive rehabilitation programme in the community. As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within the team, you will manage your own caseload of community patients.
About us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
* We are kind.
* We are respectful.
* We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post are:
* Use a range of skills and experience gained in clinical practice to complete comprehensive, clinically reasoned assessments to devise person specific treatment plans enabling patients within productivity, self‑care and leisure.
* Use excellent communication skills to be an effective team member.
* Monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for patients with multiple in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of treatment.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points‑based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High‑Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person Specification
Education
* BSC OT
* HCPC
* RCOT membership
Experience
* NHS experience
* community therapy experience
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.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum (Plus HCAS) pro‑ra for part‑time
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