Senior Community Occupational Therapist
Sirona care & health CIC
Bristol, BS30 8XPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
2 days leftJob description
Are you passionate about delivering community-based therapy, allowing service users to improve their quality of life? Are you committed to a Home Firs...
- Deliver holistic assessments, planning and evaluating care for patients with acute and complex needs
- Use clinical reasoning to provide evidence-based, person-centred interventions that promote safe, high-quality care
- Manage your own caseload and support effective team coordination and service delivery
- Work proactively with MDT colleagues to prevent avoidable admissions and support timely discharges
- Collaborate with patients, families and carers to set meaningful goals that maximise independence and quality of life
- Facilitate referrals and coordinate care based on individual needs
- Assess and arrange appropriate equipment within scope of practice
- Support, supervise and contribute to the development of junior staff, peers and students
- Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant records
- Contribute to training and continuous service improvement
- Identify and manage risk to ensure the safety of patients, colleagues and yourself
Want to know more? Get in touch or join us for a shadow shift to see if this role is right for you.
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make arealdifference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities forallour colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Qualifications
Essential: - BSc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration; - Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning
Desirable: - Member of the College of Occupational Therapists
Skills, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Explain and evidence how you have effectively led a team with senior support when required
- Explain and evidence how you've made clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions
- Explain and give evidence of supervising staff and students of own/ other profession
- Demonstrate effective time management and caseload management with a community caseload
- Explain and evidence how you're able to work autonomously, with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff.
Desirable: - Recent relevant experience within the community setting
Reason for applying
Essential: - Please explain why you are applying for this role.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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