Sirona care & health CIC

Senior Community Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 13 November 2025

Job summary

Interested in working in the community or further developing your skills, but wondering whether to take the leap? Come and join our supportive and experienced team.

We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic a highly motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to work within our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) in South Gloucestershire.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional community-based therapy, improving quality of life for service-users and committed to rehabilitation in a home environment, we would love to hear from you!

In return, we will be fully committed to supporting your continued development. We will give you the opportunity to develop specialist community skills and enhance your multidisciplinary and partnership working as well as your ability to support/supervise other team members and develop key leadership skills.

The INTs are an innovative and dynamic service. We provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence to maximise their functional potential and support them to remain independent within their homes. Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live better lives in their home environment.

You will be working within a friendly and supportive INT alongside other healthcare professionals, Support Workers and Administrators.

We offer a flexible service which covers extended hours operating 7 days a week.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management
Responsible for triage, capacity management, allocation of work and efficient service / team coordination on a roster basis.
Lead by example and be a role model for the team
Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships with hospital staff, primary care, service providers and multi-disciplinary teams within health and social care.
To use occupational therapy skills and techniques in functional and standardised assessment & interventions as an autonomous practitioner
To develop additional competencies within the requirements of the multi-disciplinary approach to the INT
Take responsibility for the development of other members of the INT including peers, junior staff, and students whilst assisting other junior staff to organise, prioritise and manage their caseload.
Work collaboratively with the INT Manager to:-
Support team performance in key identified areas including frailty and the assessment and management of high risk patients
Maintain a culture of learning (from incidents, including root cause analysis, patient feedback, complaints and clinical audit)
Work within your scope of practice
Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, service users and colleagues in line with Organisational policy and procedures
With the support of senior colleagues, identify and work towards specific objectives and to actively participate in service development projects and audit as required.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Date posted

03 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-51140538-MP

Job locations

Units 1 & 2 Warmley Business Park

83 Tower Road

South Gloucestershire

BS30 8XP

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached full job description and person specification for a full range of duties and responsibilities associated with this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached full job description and person specification for a full range of duties and responsibilities associated with this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Explain how you have effectively led a team with senior support when required.
Explain how you've made clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
Explain how you're able to work autonomously, with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff.
Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession.
Effective time management and caseload management.

Desirable

Recent relevant experience within the community setting.
Working with a range of professionals in health or social care.

Application Reason

Essential

Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Explain how you have effectively led a team with senior support when required.
Explain how you've made clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
Explain how you're able to work autonomously, with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff.
Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession.
Effective time management and caseload management.

Desirable

Recent relevant experience within the community setting.
Working with a range of professionals in health or social care.

Application Reason

Essential

Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Units 1 & 2 Warmley Business Park

83 Tower Road

South Gloucestershire

BS30 8XP

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Units 1 & 2 Warmley Business Park

83 Tower Road

South Gloucestershire

BS30 8XP

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)