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Senior Occupational Therapist IST

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Sandown, PO36 9EAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

3 November 2026

11 days left

Job description

The Community Learning Disabilities Team on the Isle of Wight are seeking applications from highly motivated individuals to work as a Senior Occupatio...

  • To take overall responsibility for the OT interventions within the post holders personal case load.
  • To assess, interpret and act on highly complex information and issues relating to service users condition, diagnosis, prognosis and functional ability.
  • Reporting to the B7 Occupational Therapist and accountable to the Team Lead.
  • To support the delivery of care across the Learning Disability Team.
  • To work as a member of an inter-disciplinary specialist team and maintain positive working relationships within that arena.
  • Establish and maintain positive professional relationships with service users, family, and carers.
  • Participate in maintaining positive working relationships with voluntary and statutory agencies and use shared process that are developed where this is of benefit to the service user.
  • To actively participate in the Clinical Governance agenda.
  • To provide supervision.
  • To deputise for the B7 Occupational Therapist when necessary.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Diploma or BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy. Registration with the health professional council. Practice placement qualification. Evidence of CPD and ongoing learning through short courses, sensory integration.
  • *Post registration, specialist training relevant to speciality

Desirable: - *Masters level accredited courses; - *Sensory integration training; - *PRPP training

Experience

Essential

  • *Experience working with people with learning disabilities
  • *Experienced of MDT working
  • *Experience of working with people who challenge
  • *Experience of using standardised assessment such as PAL, VQ, MOHOST

Desirable: - *Experience of supervising students; - *Experience of supervising staff

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

21 October 2026

Last checked

23 October 2026

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About the employer

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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