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Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Locala Health and Wellbeing

Mirfield, WF14 8DPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

17 September 2026

6 days left

Job description

Occupational Therapist Band 6: £39,959-£48,117 37.5 Hours per week Permanent Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for gene...

Are you an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference?

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and supportive Intermediate Care Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team dedicated to helping people recover, regain independence and remain safely in their own homes. You will work with individuals following illness, injury or hospital admission, delivering rehabilitation and reablement interventions that promote recovery and improve quality of life.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is motivated to contribute to service development and provide professional leadership within the multidisciplinary team. You will act as a specialist Occupational Therapy resource, supporting colleagues with clinical decision-making, promoting evidence-based practice, and helping to drive high standards of patient care and rehabilitation outcomes.

Alongside managing your own caseload, you will play an active role in guiding and supporting therapy assistants, rehabilitation support workers, students and less experienced colleagues. You will help foster a positive team culture, contribute to quality improvement initiatives, and support the ongoing development of rehabilitation services across Intermediate Care.

This role is not applicable for sponsorship and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

  • Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
  • Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
  • Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

Qualifications

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Desirable: - Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Experience

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How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

4 September 2026

Last checked

8 September 2026

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About the employer

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Locala Health and Wellbeing

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