Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 24 September 2025
Job summary
We are excited to announce that a fixed term post has now arisen for an experienced and dynamic Senior Occupational Therapist (Band 6) to join our Burnley Community Mental Health Team.
The unique role of Occupational Therapy is highly valued within the team, and you will have a predominantly Occupational Therapy specific workload. This will include providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation and intervention to those with complex occupational, functional, social or vocational needs. The roles will also involve the provision of support and advice to the multi-disciplinary team through consultancy, to ensure service users' occupational needs are considered and met.
We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist who has a keen interest and passion for Occupational Therapy in mental health. You will have excellent communication skills, sound clinical reasoning and a strong understanding of the Occupational Therapy role in promoting recovery.
The successful candidate will receive regular supervision, access to CPD opportunities and be part of a supportive Occupational Therapy network. Additionally, there will be the potential to further develop supervisory skills and assist with service developments, including an evolving OT group-work project.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver a range of group and/or individual interventions drawn from relevant frames of reference, demonstrating sophisticated clinical reasoning skills. They will prioritise the planning and delivering of interventions for people whose mental health problems have a marked impact on their occupational functioning and who have complex occupational needs.
As an emergent leader and skilful communicator, the post holder will liaise and negotiate across service boundaries and in varied settings. They are research aware and use evidence to support and develop practice. The post holder will provide regular fieldwork opportunities for occupational therapy undergraduates and contribute to the learning of other team members or students from other disciplines. They have responsibilities for mentoring and/or developing others and supervise more junior practitioners and support staff, delegating work to add to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Details
Date posted
10 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
351-PEN1005-CL
Job locations
CMHT Rossendale & Hyndburn (25-65)
Accrington
BB5 5DE
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
CMHT Rossendale & Hyndburn (25-65)
Accrington
BB5 5DE
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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