Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-25-652
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stratton Hospital
- Town
- Bude,
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist - North Rehab Therapies Team
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the North Cornwall Integrated Therapy team, based primarily at Stratton Hospital.
You will gain experience with a wide variety of admissions, conditions and social problems. Every contact and treatment plan is different, bringing variety and challenge to each day.
This is an innovative service, constantly adapting to meet community and service user needs, so we require a ‘can do’ attitude and a keenness to learn and develop.
Stratton Hospital has 17 rehabilitation beds.
As part of the Therapy Service, you will be supported in developing clinical skills, working with the wider MDT and community services. Our education-focused team offers in-service training, clinical and peer supervision, and wider development opportunities. Staff are encouraged to contribute to service improvement and leadership. With strong university links, we support fieldwork education, and you will have opportunities to supervise students and therapy assistants.
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
Main duties of the job
The post is 30 hours per week with working pattern to be agreed at interview.
Seven day working may be a requirement of this post in the future.
You will need excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills to work effectively in this busy environment, providing specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions to inpatients, providing rehabilitation and contributing a specific occupational perspective to planning and facilitating discharge.
The in-patient occupational therapy service has a commitment to service innovation, evidence-based practice and professional development.
You will have regular supervision with the Lead Occupational Therapist.
You will have opportunity to host Occupational Therapy Students from Plymouth university as a practice educator
Working for our organisation
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification – Occupational Therapist
- Professional Registration - HCPC
- Evidence of professional knowledge acquired through specialist courses or experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
- Previous experience working in the community setting
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Highly specialist skills in assessing and treating a wide variety of patients
- Highly specialist skills in psychological care
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Ability to work in highly stressful situation including the ability to manage distressing and highly emotive situations successfully
- Highly specialist rehabilitation skills in all activities of daily living
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Judith Fisher
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01208 251 387
- Additional information
We welcome informal visits to come and meet the team and see what we are all about.
Contact Judith Fisher 01208 251 387
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
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