Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-7552060-LD
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brooklands
- Town
- Marston Green
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/11/2025
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
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PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and creative individual to join the Solihull Community Learning Disability Team, to provide highly specialist clinical expertise and clinical leadership in the provision of Occupational Therapy to adults who have learning disabilities, complex health needs including behaviours of concern and sensory processing issues.
The service uses the Model of Human Occupation as a clinical model and experience of using this model and standardised assessments used would be an advantage. The post holder will hold a complex caseload and work as part of a supportive and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team.
Please contact Emma Hastings/ Jade Waterfield for further information on 0121 728 4890
Main duties of the job
1. To carry a clinical caseload of complex clients with learning disabilities.
2. To interpret referrals, conduct initial interviews; assess the strengths and limitations of the client.
3. To plan and implement appropriate treatment plans involving patients/clients/relatives/carers and multidisciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Treatment may be delivered in a variety of community settings.
4. To provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Therapist within the LD team in specific community localities and ensure the teams objectives are in line with the overall objectives of the Community LD Team. To ensure that the Occupational Therapy processes are standardised across teams.
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
5. To coordinate the delivery of Occupational Therapy within locality team services and provide clinical and case management supervision to more junior members of the team in conjunction with other senior colleagues.
6. To advise the management and professional leadership team of specific Occupational Therapy training/requirements for the OT staff with the team.
7. To ensure timely and accurate data entry to demonstrate improving data quality on the electronic system.
8. To professionally conduct yourself to ensure that you are an ambassador for the service that you work within and the Trust as a whole
9. The post holder is required to remain eligible for State Registration through participation in appraisal, clinical supervision and Continuous Professional Development.
10. Through highly specialist clinical reasoning and practical application determine specific occupational performance need of the service user
11. Advanced knowledge of a wide range of conditions under the umbrella of learning disability and other associated comorbid conditions.
12. To utilise a comprehensive range of evidenced based specialist assessments and treatment to service users
13. To be an integral part in the provision of an effective and high quality Community Learning Disability Team
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- PgD, BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy.
- Significant post graduate experience in Learning Disabilities
- Current Registration with Health and Care Professions Council without restriction.
- Fieldwork Educators Course (or be prepared to undertake this)
- Training in Sensory Integration Therapy (or be prepared to undertake this)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad range of experience in working in Learning disability services
- Competence with clients with complex needs
- Significant experience in working in Community Learning Disability services
- Evidence of effective caseload management
Other
Essential criteria
- Mobile-to attend meetings trust wide
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
- Emma Hastings
- Job title
- Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 728 4890
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