Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 812-26-JM-NS-01
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Danesbury Neurological Centre
- Town
- Welwyn
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/02/2026
Employer heading
Neurological Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We’re excited to welcome a passionate and forward‑thinking Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our community neuro‑rehabilitation service
We’re looking for someone who thrives on challenge, brings creativity to complex clinical situations, and is excited by the idea of delivering specialist neuro‑rehab in the real world—people’s homes and communities.
If you’re ready to lead, innovate, and make a visible impact every single day, we’d love you to bring your expertise to our dynamic multidisciplinary team.
This is an opportunity to push your practice forward, influence service development, and be part of a team that genuinely changes what’s possible for people living with neurological conditions.
*Proposed interview date: 12-Feb-2026*
Main duties of the job
• Deliver specialist neuro‑rehabilitation through advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and evidence‑based intervention for adults with a wide range of neurological conditions.
• Lead complex case management, coordinating personalised rehab plans that support people to maximise independence in their homes and communities.
• Provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team, offering expert guidance, joint working, and specialist input into complex decision‑making.
• Supervise and support junior staff, students, and therapy assistants, helping to build skills, confidence, and high‑quality practice across the service.
• Drive service development, contributing to quality improvement projects, pathway redesign, and innovation in community neuro‑rehab delivery.
• Build strong partnerships with patients, families, carers, and external agencies to ensure seamless, person‑centred care.
• Maintain high professional standards, including accurate documentation, outcome measurement, and ongoing CPD to keep practice at the cutting edge of neuro‑rehabilitation.
Working for our organisation
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds
We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment to neurological patients with diverse physical and cognitive presentations, and deliver an individualised treatment programme, in clinic, patients homes and community settings
To undertake a clinical caseload to a high professional standard, using knowledge and skills from theoretical and practical experience.
To operate as a professional member of the team maintaining the highest standards to represent and promote HCT.
To act as a resource and provide advice for other members of the MDT.
To maintain occupational therapy records and ensure others do the same.
In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary.
Pleased see Job description for full details.
Person specification
Essential and desirable
Essential criteria
- • Occupational Therapy Degree.
- • Registration with Health and Care Professions council (HCPC).
- • Assessment of patients, contributing to a diagnosis and formulating a treatment plan, from a range of modalities
- • Post registration experience.
- • Evidence of Continued Professional Development and reflective practice
- • Understanding and application of the OT process with evidence of advanced clinical reasoning
- • Eligible to live and work in the UK.
- • Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Desirable criteria
- • Relevant post-registration training, E.G. splinting, Bobath, FND
- • Registration within profession specific special interest group E.G Specialist Section Neurological Practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gillian Murphy
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07554114588
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