Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 31 December 2025

Job summary

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? This is your opportunity to make a real difference within the Mental Health Inpatient Services across The Bay Network. You'll work at The Orchard and Kentmere Units, supporting recovery-focused care.

As a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will lead on complex clinical interventions, champion best practice, and influence service development. Your expertise will help drive innovation and inspire colleagues within a growing Allied Health Professional (AHP) workforce.

Main duties of the job

o Provide professional governance and assurance for Occupational Therapy inpatient services within the inpatient services, ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality care.o Support the collective sustainability of OT inpatient provision across the Bay Network, providing support in a collaborative workforce approach for both older adult and working-age adult serviceso Deliver advanced clinical interventions and contribute to service improvement initiatives.o Mentor and support colleagues, fostering a culture of learning and development.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

Date posted

17 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY883-JD

Job locations

The Orchard

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (OT)
State registered with Health Professionals Council.
Masters degree (or equivalent study) in mental health speciality demonstrably relevant to this specialist position (or willingness to undertake same)

Experience

Essential

Extensive post-registration experience in mental health settings, using both individual and group work approaches
Familiarity with audit processes.
Use of evidence-based practice. Supervision of junior staff and undergraduate OT students. Provision of training and/or presentations to groups.

Skills

Essential

Familiarity with a range of outcome measures and ability to analyse outcomes and advise on their implications.
Ability to devise specialist interventions to address occupational dysfunction to improve occupational participation.
Confidently assess and manage risk in relation to occupational

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/BSC (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (OT)
State registered with Health Professionals Council.
Masters degree (or equivalent study) in mental health speciality demonstrably relevant to this specialist position (or willingness to undertake same)

Experience

Essential

Extensive post-registration experience in mental health settings, using both individual and group work approaches
Familiarity with audit processes.
Use of evidence-based practice. Supervision of junior staff and undergraduate OT students. Provision of training and/or presentations to groups.

Skills

Essential

Familiarity with a range of outcome measures and ability to analyse outcomes and advise on their implications.
Ability to devise specialist interventions to address occupational dysfunction to improve occupational participation.
Confidently assess and manage risk in relation to occupational

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Orchard

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Orchard

Lancaster

LA1 4JJ

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)