Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-FYL741-MS-A
- Employer
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Harbour
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (subject to confirmation)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist Clinical Specialist
Band 7
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join the team at The Harbour, Blackpool, as a Band 7 Clinical Specialist.
The Harbour is a modern, purpose-built 154-bed Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit providing care for individuals with complex mental health needs. This role offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership, support service development, and deliver high-quality, person-centred care within a dynamic inpatient setting.
You will work collaboratively across inpatient services and with community teams to support recovery-focused pathways and improve outcomes for service users.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation, and intervention for service users with complex needs
Lead and support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based OT practice within the inpatient setting
Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) working, including risk assessment, care planning, and discharge planning
Support patient flow and timely, safe discharge planning
Provide clinical leadership, support, and supervision to Occupational Therapy staff and students
Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and governance processes
Work collaboratively with inpatient and community teams to ensure continuity of care
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC
- First degree/equivalent professional pre-registration qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Significant post qualification experience in the relevant field.
- Clinical based post-graduate qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive specialist knowledge of the care and management of patients in area of speciality
- Expert clinician with advanced clinical reasoning and manual therapy skills
- Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights and the competencies appropriate to your role to support patients’ diverse needs and human rights.
- Have a good understanding of their communication, physical & emotional needs; can identify their individual needs and preferences, their changing needs and recognise and promote their independence.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience in the speciality area including having worked as a clinical specialist (band 6) in area of speciality
- Experience of collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and inter professional resources
- Experience of clinical team leadership
- Evidence of having influenced and implemented change
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Margaret Michael
- Job title
- AHP Associate Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact:
Margaret Michael
AHP Associate Director
[email protected]Sue Ball, Service Manager. [email protected]
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