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Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (May include some weekend working)
Job ref
818-AHP124-QIA849-C
Employer
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Skegness Hospital
Town
Skegness
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/01/2026 23:59

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Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust logo

Specialist Occupational Therapist

Band 6

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LCHS.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our teams – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

 

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

 

We have adopted a vision of "Caring and building a healthier future for all" and three values to show what we stand for, how we want to be known and how we behave. Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

Compassionate

Collaborative

Innovative

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the LCHG team.

 

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

 

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best. We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

 

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Job overview

Lincolnshire  is well known for its diverse landscape and offers everything on its doorstep from the historical City of Lincoln and the Cathedral rising above Lincolns skyline to the peace and quiet of the countryside with its picturesque villages, market towns, rolling hills and woodlands.   

Not only does it cater for all it also has some of the most affordable living costs in England.

As a specialist occupational therapist working within Community Hospitals you will have the opportunity to champion the key values of your profession.

We understand that through purposeful and meaningful activity we can support people to rehabilitate, recover and self-care. Although your base will be on the ward, we understand that working beyond boundaries is the only way to holistically support people toward their goals to allow individuals safely home.

We strongly believe that our therapy teams within our community hospitals play a vital role not just in the health and well-being of our patients, but for our wider communities as a whole. 

As your caseload will be varied, you will have the opportunity to work alongside individuals experiencing a range of long-term health conditions. A key aspect of this will involve assessment of frailty and providing meaningful support for people with palliative health conditions.

This role is to be based in Skegness Hospital, Dorothy Avenue, Skegness PE25 2BS

If you are interested in this role then we invite you to get in touch.

Main duties of the job

  • To assess and develop personalised care plans for individuals admitted on to the ward
  • To (where appropriate) complete/delegate visits to individuals homes 
  • To provide clinical leadership and supervision to members of the therapy team
  • To work with partner organisations in order to promote a 'discharge to assess' model of care
  • To work alongside the therapy leads in order to innovate and develop the therapy service
  • To demonstrate a commitment to personal development

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce. 

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.  Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.  Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme.  Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further detail regarding the main responsibilities of the role

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent diploma in Occupational Therapist
  • Current Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
  • Basic IT Skills
Desirable criteria
  • Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
  • Clinical Educators qualification

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post graduate experience as a occupational therapist in rehabilitation with older people and or long term conditions and or community / community hospitals / in-reach
  • Experience in supervision, being supervised and supervising others
  • Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in community and community hospital settings

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good communication in a variety of levels and methods
  • Good handling skills
  • Able to motivate self and other’s
  • Able to prioritise own and team’s workload
  • Able to work and lead a multidisciplinary team
  • up-to-date knowledge base
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance
  • Leadership skills
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Able to maintain judgement under pressure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Timewise-Flex Positive EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesStonewall Health ChampionsArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Hepton
Job title
Trainee Advanced Practitioner - OT
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07564 584784
Additional information

Cat Barrington 07583 041645

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