Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-25-512
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kernow Building
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist - Specialist Practitioner Learning Disabilities
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
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- 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 an Occupational Therapist to work with the Adult Learning Disability services in Cornwall. The successful applicant will want to work with adults with intellectual disabilities and complex needs in a community setting, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
This post is part time, working 22.5 hours per week.
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Main duties of the job
We work with people with intellectual disabilities in their own homes, their occupational settings or in other health or social care facilities. Our clinical work is framed by the Model of Human Occupation and draws on a variety of frames of reference/ approaches such as Sensory Integration Theory. If you want to work as part of an innovative and forward thinking team, we would be pleased to hear from you.
As part of the Multi Disciplinary Team you will provide person-centred, skilled and effective specialist assessment, intervention, monitoring and review for designated individuals who are eligible for the Learning Disability Service. You will be responsible for the maintenance of high levels of evidence-based learning disability practice, contributing to and facilitating Care Processes and Pathways. You will manage and supervise the work of others, and act as a mentor and preceptor.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
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
- Current profession registration - HCPC
- Professional Qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Relevant specialist clinical skills and experience
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of the impact of a learning disability on occupational performance
- Evidence of further study at post graduate level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities using specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Highly skilled in use of standardised assessments
- Able to use reflective practice
- Contributed to audit and research
- Advance report writing skills
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
- Clare Aspinall
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209204025
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