Specialist Occupational Therapist
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Clacton, CO15 4AB
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
We are looking for an experienced, motivated clinician to join our team. You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with demonstrable expertise i...
The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes by providing holistic assessments and interventions for this care group.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will have opportunity to undertake a leadership role in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the rehabilitation provided and be responsible for the supervision of junior staff and students.
You will be able to demonstrate the ability to build networks and relationships over a number of sites and different clinical teams. You will embrace innovation and integratedworking and will be committed to delivering excellence in care alongside other OTs, Physiotherapists, Associate Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
- Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example sensory integration working towards post graduate level of study level.
- Evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable
- Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
- Registered member of British Association of Occupational Therapists
Skills
Essential
- Work as part of an integrated team
- Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
- Prioritise own and others' workload, delegating appropriately
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Reflect maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers' practise and direct own learning
- Good analytic and judgement skills
- Work independently using own initiative
- To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Ability to manage a team
- Ability to act as care coordinator
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working relevant to the care group
Desirable
- Experience of managing the work of others
- Proven Experience relevant to care group
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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