Community Occupational Therapist (LD N)
The closing date is 29 August 2025
Job summary
This post involves working closely within a passionate and skilled Multi-disciplinary Team, consisting of Nursing, Physiotherapy, Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Speech Therapy colleagues. A commitment to team working is essential and rewarding.
The post holder should be able to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning skills, apply theory to practice and communicate effectively with patients, their families, carers and colleagues alike.
The successful candidate will receive regular supervision and will encouraged to utilise reflective practice. You will require current HCPC registration, post-registration experience is helpful but not essential and we have an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified Occupational Therapists. We welcome applications from those about to qualify.
You will be expected to complete assessments, care-plans and deliver a range of intervention within the local community.
If you feel you have the passion for this role and wish to experience the freedom, self-management and progressive nature of Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust Occupational Therapy then we would be delighted to hear from you.
This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions.
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist Occupational Therapy to service users with severe / complex needs and learning disabilities.
- Provide evidenced-based Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to optimise the service users' ability to engage in and maintain meaningful occupations in line with the principles of social inclusion and/or recovery.
- Undertake care co-ordination responsibilities for an allocated number of service users.
- Contribute to training and support for primary and secondary health care professionals, social care providers and families to enable them to better meet the occupational needs of service users.
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.
Details
Date posted
15 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
327-25-692
Job locations
Leckhampton Lodge
Charlton Lane Centre
Cheltenham
GL53 9DZ
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Leckhampton Lodge
Charlton Lane Centre
Cheltenham
GL53 9DZ
Employer's website
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