Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Occupational Therapist to join our team, working with a person-centred approach to coach, support, and enable positive outcomes for the diverse population of North Cotswolds.
This role offers a wide range of development opportunities, including experience in urgent response, falls response, long-term condition management, and housing adaptations. The post holder will be an integral member of the Integrated Community Team, delivering high-quality occupational therapy services to adults aged 18 and over with physical disabilities.
The role involves assessing needs, collaboratively setting goals, delivering interventions, and evaluating outcomes. Practice will be underpinned by recognised occupational therapy models, evidence-based interventions, and outcome measures.
A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
Main duties of the job
We are a technologically SMART Trust, operating a mobile office model that equips you with everything you need to work efficiently and comfortably while on the road. SMART working enhances staff safety through live systems, providing instant access to patient records and previous interactions wherever you are.
To thrive in this role, you will need excellent communication skills, the confidence to make sound clinical decisions, and a genuine commitment to developing your professional potential.
You will need current HCPC registration. While post registration experience is helpful, it is not essential, and we offer a strong preceptorship programme to support newly qualified Occupational Therapists.
If you are driven by excellence and are seeking a role that offers autonomy, flexibility, and a progressive approach to occupational therapy practice, we encourage you to apply and take the next step in your career with Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and treating a defined caseload using a health coaching approach
- Providing supervision and support to Occupational Therapy Assistants, students as appropriate
- Offering specialist occupational therapy advice to other professionals and promoting the OT role within the wider multidisciplinary team
- Participating in departmental research and project work when opportunities arise
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England.
Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England.
Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Occupational Therapy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate judgement in complex clinical/operational problems, which require investigating, analysing, assessing and resolving
- Awareness of the application of Models to address Occupational Performance issues
- Ability to monitor and manage own and teams performance
- Ability to deliver uni/multi-disciplinary training
Desirable
- Experience of working as a registered Occupational Therapist
- Staff supervision
- Specialist training or equivalent competency in environmental adaptations through prior experience
- Moving and Handling experience
- Experience or training in a rehabilitation approach utilising patient centre goals to maximise function
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Occupational Therapy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate judgement in complex clinical/operational problems, which require investigating, analysing, assessing and resolving
- Awareness of the application of Models to address Occupational Performance issues
- Ability to monitor and manage own and teams performance
- Ability to deliver uni/multi-disciplinary training
Desirable
- Experience of working as a registered Occupational Therapist
- Staff supervision
- Specialist training or equivalent competency in environmental adaptations through prior experience
- Moving and Handling experience
- Experience or training in a rehabilitation approach utilising patient centre goals to maximise function
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
