Job summary
Urgent Community Response Senior Occupational Therapist Wanted!?
Join our dynamic Urgent Community Response Team working in South West Essex and play a vital role in Admission Avoidance as a Senior Occupational Therapist!
We're looking for an experienced, passionate professional who enjoys the thrill of unplanned care and direct rewards of helping transform lives by providing urgent, person-centered care in the community.
This is a 7 day service with work patterns of 8am to 8pm
Main duties of the job
What You'll Do:
- Deliver high-impact, prompt OT assessments and interventions to prevent hospital admissions.
- Work closely with our multidisciplinary teams which includes urgent response Nurses, Social workers and healthcare assistants, providing comprehensive support.
- Empower our patients, families and carers to overcome crisis scenarios focusing on enabling independence and improving immediate quality of life.
- Make a direct difference in the heart of our community and support our ambulance service with people who may be acutely unwell or have fallen and are unable to get up off the floor.
- Provide tailored, urgent OT interventions to support people's basic needs and activities of daily living, collaborating with our pathway services to recognise therapy goals beyond our admission avoidance input.
? What We Need:
- Senior OT experience, ideally in community or urgent, emergency and crisis care settings.
- Quick, critical, clinical decision-making skills and a creative approach to problem-solving complex cases.
- A passion for making a real impact on people's lives, improving patient outcomes and preventing admissions to our local A&Es.
- A collaborative, positive attitude!
About us
? Why Join Us?
- Be part of a supportive, friendly, innovative team making a direct impact in health and social care.
- Help shape the future of urgent, emergency and crisis community healthcare in South West Essex.
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Opportunity for career development and growth.
If you're ready to make an immediate impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us keep patients at home and out of hospital!
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,303 to a maximum of £2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active HCPC Registration as Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of updating professional knowledge and skills (CPD)
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous post registration experience
Desirable
- Minor Injuries/ Minor Illness/ Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis
Knowledge
Essential
- Understand the importance of MDT urgent/crisis assessment and community therapy rehabilitation
Desirable
- Demonstrate clinical knowledge base and experience within a community-based setting including an awareness of onward referral pathways e.g. RAFT/Virtual Frailty Ward, District nursing/ICT, Hospice/EOL care, A&E
Other
Essential
- Willingness to participate in 7 day working
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active HCPC Registration as Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of updating professional knowledge and skills (CPD)
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous post registration experience
Desirable
- Minor Injuries/ Minor Illness/ Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis
Knowledge
Essential
- Understand the importance of MDT urgent/crisis assessment and community therapy rehabilitation
Desirable
- Demonstrate clinical knowledge base and experience within a community-based setting including an awareness of onward referral pathways e.g. RAFT/Virtual Frailty Ward, District nursing/ICT, Hospice/EOL care, A&E
Other
Essential
- Willingness to participate in 7 day working
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
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).
