Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist Lead

The closing date is 29 June 2025

Job summary

1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 9 months

Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment

We have a vacancy for a full time Occupational Therapist working in Charlton Lane

Charlton Lane Hospital is a 48 bed acute hospital for Older Adults with a range of complex functional and organic mental health conditions. The Occupational Therapy team work across 3 wards and have a fully equipped Therapy Department (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy and Psychology).

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, passionate Occupational Therapist to join our team of person-centred clinicians.

The successful candidate will be a reflective practitioner, able to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning skills, be able to apply theory to practice, demonstrate effective and sensitive communication with patients, carers' and colleagues and be able to demonstrate occupation focussed practice.

In return, you will receive clinical and developmental supervision and will be supported to apply evidence-based practice within this rewarding clinical area.

Main duties of the job

Provide and lead a flexible Occupational Therapy service, providing highly specialised Occupational Therapy assessments and treatments for people who face significant Occupational Performance and environmental challenges as detailed in relevant Integrated Care Pathway (ICP)

Clinically lead Occupational Therapy within the service / unit / teams including responsibility for the prioritisation of cases, waiting lists, allocation of work to junior qualified staff and support workers ensuring that individual care is provided.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-475

Job locations

Charlton Lane Hospital

Charlton Lane Hospital, Charlton Lane,

Cheltenham

GL53 9DZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist breadth and depth of skills and knowledge to deliver evidence based occupational therapy assessment and treatment to service users with severe / complex mental health needs and / or learning disabilities
Lead and / or line manage an Occupational Therapy Team or Department including relevant budge
Research, develop and share current best practice to optimise the service users ability to engage with their environment in line with principles of social inclusion and / or recovery
Provide consultancy andadvice, and develop training to support primary and secondary health care professionals, social care providers and carers to enable them to better meet the health needs of service users

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist breadth and depth of skills and knowledge to deliver evidence based occupational therapy assessment and treatment to service users with severe / complex mental health needs and / or learning disabilities
Lead and / or line manage an Occupational Therapy Team or Department including relevant budge
Research, develop and share current best practice to optimise the service users ability to engage with their environment in line with principles of social inclusion and / or recovery
Provide consultancy andadvice, and develop training to support primary and secondary health care professionals, social care providers and carers to enable them to better meet the health needs of service users

Person Specification

Profesional

Essential

HCPC registered
Occupational Therapy degree or diploma
Significant experience post registration

Desirable

Ability to work at Masters Level

managerial

Essential

To have experience in delivering supervision
to have significant post registration experience that can support providing advice to complex clinical issues

Desirable

Experience in recruitment process
Experience in developing a service

Person Specification

Profesional

Essential

HCPC registered
Occupational Therapy degree or diploma
Significant experience post registration

Desirable

Ability to work at Masters Level

managerial

Essential

To have experience in delivering supervision
to have significant post registration experience that can support providing advice to complex clinical issues

Desirable

Experience in recruitment process
Experience in developing a service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Charlton Lane Hospital

Charlton Lane Hospital, Charlton Lane,

Cheltenham

GL53 9DZ

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Charlton Lane Hospital

Charlton Lane Hospital, Charlton Lane,

Cheltenham

GL53 9DZ

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)