Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 241-402CS-25
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- District Therapies
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
Are you a Band 6 Occupational Therapist who would like to develop your clinical skills in a different area? Are you a Band 5 Occupational Therapist looking to develop your skills at a Band 6 level?
If so, we have a brilliant opportunity to come and join us here in the District Therapy Team at Bolton Foundation Trust.
We work across six neighbourhoods in Bolton to help provide a holistic community-centred provision. This will link health and care services in areas so that it is easier for people to navigate services and get the care they need closer to home.
This includes GPs, therapists, community nurses, mental health practitioners, social care teams and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector providers.
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, confident, innovative and flexible individual with excellent communication and organisational skills. The successful individual will need to engage closely with acute staff, community colleagues and social care staff to coordinate and provide high quality care in the community to avoid hospital admission and support hospital discharges.
Service is over 7 days 8am-6pm service. Weekend working is on a rota basis, currently 1 in 6.
Main duties of the job
In order to successfully undertake this post you must be an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to develop in this clinical area.
You will need some knowledge of community services.
You will be an effective team player, inspirational, flexible, adaptable, enthusiastic and fully committed to the development of patient focused, clinically effective and efficient services.
Working for our organisation
The role will be part of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Instructors, District Nurses, Pharmacy, Dieticians and Speech and Language therapists.
You will be a key player in providing assessment, personalised care planning and management of care to patients who may require intensive home support as an alternative to hospital care. The role will include participating in effective multi-disciplinary team meetings and close working with the Local Authority.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you are looking for a opportunity to develop at Band 6 level or wish to strengthen existing skills in a new clinical area that incorporates direct patient care, teaching, leadership and service development and possess all the above qualities we would be delighted to hear from you.
The service is currently operating over 7 days between 8am and 6pm.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- • Current professional registration as an Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- Current accredited student educator
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical speciality
- • Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change
- • Supervision and/or mentoring of staff/students.
- • Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.
Desirable criteria
- Substantial NHS experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to communicate highly complex pathologies and diagnostic reasoning to all levels in the medical and non-medical field at the appropriate level.
- • Able to undertake assessment in difficult complex situations
- • Sound knowledge of psycho-social problems and ability to gain patient confidence and co-operation.
- • Able to work independently as lead specialist, demonstrating good leadership skills.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance.
- • Understanding of current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents.
- • Change management skills
Other
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work flexibly and travel across the service footprint to meet business needs
- • Able to work under pressure and constantly respond and adapt to frequent changes in circumstances.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lisa Westmoreland
- Job title
- Principal Service Lead- District Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 463158
- Additional information
Richard Bent - Principle Service Lead, District Therapies
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