Main area Occupational Therapist Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working as per rota pattern) Job ref 824-HERTS-7274304
Employer Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Potters Bar Community Hospital Town Potters Bar Salary £31,469 - £38,308 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 23/07/2025 23:59
Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
Band 5 Occupational Therapist working on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Wards at Potters Bar Community Hospital, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients with a variety of conditions.
Main duties of the job
To provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment for referred clients, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions for groups or individuals, identified within the unit.
Be an active member of the clinical team, providing a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service to residents of West Hertfordshire within the bed-based unit.
Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
Build up and maintain key relationships with referring services across CLCH including the acute and community teams to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role of the Occupational Therapist and the Multi-professional team.
Be responsible for the supervision Rehabilitation Assistants and Occupational Therapy students, with guidance from Senior Therapists.
Support self and service development through active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and by participating in any Inservice Training, Audit or research being undertaken by the service.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
* Flexible working options
* Training, support and development in your career
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Relevant Post graduate training.
Experience
* Application of the OT Process.
* Experience of working as part of an MDT.
* Use of functional assessment and activity analysis.
* Relevant work experience in a variety of clinical placements
* Experience of delegation to support staff.
Skills and Knowledge
* Knowledge of current best practice in OT.
* Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
* Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, risk assessment and management.
* Effective written and oral communication skills.
* Word processing and internet skills.
* Basic knowledge of the principals of clinical governance.
Other
* Car driver with UK driving licence.
* Access to car for business purposes.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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