Specialist Occupational Therapist
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Cross-county cover also required across all ICTs, GL3 4HP
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 September 2026
8 days left
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity in a new service for a B6 Occupational Therapist to join our Forest of Dean (including Tewkesbury, Newent and Staunton...
Within this new service, your initial focus will be to offer OT assessment and interventions to individuals with short term, recovery-focused needs including:
- Significant health episode with rapid decline in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Sudden unexpected deterioration at end of life, requiring support to remain in preferred place of care.
- Recent acute event or hospital discharge with ongoing clinical risk, not on a Home First pathway.
The post holder will be involved in the decision making and flow of Occupational Therapy referrals within your locality by supporting clinical triage when needed, and using your clinical expertise, relationships and knowledge to ensure a timely OT response to reduce the risk and maintain a person at home.
Our philosophy is that supported self-management is key to personalised and positive outcomes for people.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Closing date: 8th September 2026
Interview Dates: 15th September 2026
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
- Health Care Professions Council registration (HCPC)
Length and Nature of Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering occupational therapy in community or equivalent settings.
- Experience of autonomous caseload management.
- Significant postgraduate clinical experience as an Occupational therapist
Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
- Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in patients with complex needs and multi pathologies
- Ability to deliver person centred, goal focused interventions using occupational therapy models of practice.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
26 August 2026
Last checked
28 August 2026
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