Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (This post will end 12th June 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR387-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neuro-Rehab
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Neuro-Rehab team based at Colchester Hospital.
We are an established and respected multi-disciplinary outpatient and community team providing long-term management for people with a variety of neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Motor Neurone Disease and traumatic brain injury. The team consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, a Specialist Nurse, and Rehabilitation Assistants. We work closely with many other agencies including the voluntary sector to provide person centred care.
You will be an excellent communicator with knowledge and experience of working with people with neurological conditions/ community working.
The post is based in the Neurological Rehabilitation Department at Colchester General Hospital. Due to the community working and community clinics a car owner and driver is essential.
This is a fixed term role until 12th June 2026
Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only
Please call the team if you have any questions or if you would like to arrange a visit on 01206742469.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, treatment, and advice to patients with highly complex conditions in primary and secondary care settings.
To carry out risk assessments and provide specialist advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team as well as members of all other teams on specialist aspects of manual handling in relation to individual patient care and treatment of neurology patients.
To ensure appropriate integrated pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies both internal and external to the Trust as required.
To be competent to work as an autonomous practitioner managing own workload in neurology, including patients with highly specialist needs.
To participate in delivering specialist training and supervision of junior staff, assistants, and students.
To deputise for Clinical Leads in their absence.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience working at Band 5 level in core rotations
- Competencies relevant to specialism
- Experience of managing the work of others
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a Band 6
- Experience of providing formal presentations to multi professional groups
- Experience of research/audit methodology
- Experience of service development
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered OT with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent
- Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example splinting and injections, working towards post graduate level of study
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each
- Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes
- Knowledge of the current evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
- Registered member of RCOT
- Specialist neuro-rehabilitation knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex neurological and chronic conditions, demonstrated by clinical reasoning
Skills
Essential criteria
- Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
- To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Noremer Kellegher
- Job title
- Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 742469
List jobs with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors