Job summary
- Main area
- Community Beds In-Patient Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Expected Contract Start Date 25-Sep-2025 and end date 25-Sep-2026)
- Hours
- 30 hours per week (Part time considered)
- Job ref
- 270-TG108-ACS
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brackley Community Hospital
- Town
- Brackley
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Senior Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust NHS is delighted to offer the opportunities for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Brackley Community Hospital, as part of the Community Beds service within Northamptonshire. The post holder will provide assessment, setting SMART goals and rehabilitation to our adult and older adult inpatients with physical rehabilitation needs, plus working with the MDT to establish safe discharge plans.
Main duties of the job
· To complete initial and ongoing patient assessments, support patients to identify SMART goals, utilise clinical outcome measures and develop, deliver and progress bespoke treatment plans.
· To work collaboratively within the team and with external providers to:
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- Enable patients to work towards goals relevant to the in-patient community hospital setting
- Support the patient and family members/carers with regards to discharge planning
- Identify further rehabilitation needs to include onward referral to other services as appropriate
- Support in developing the service in line with national and local strategies
- Demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment through autonomous and accountable decisions within OT practice supported by current research and in accordance with NHFT protocols and policies.
· Provide leadership, education and support to other team members through promotion of innovative strategies to manage change and improve service delivery
· HCPC registration and relevant degree/qualification in Occupational Therapy
· Good communication and organisational skills
· Manual handling experience
· Previous healthcare experience
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
HCPC Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Supervision of junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Variable healthcare experience
- Participation in research/audits
Behaviours & Values
Essential criteria
- Experience of working autonomously
- Good verbal and written communication
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering training
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
- Nicky Nolan
- Job title
- Therapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01280313166
- Additional information
Sasha Thomas
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