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Job role: Senior Occupational Therapist
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 150-GM2283-UPC-D
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About the Job:
As a Band 6 Therapist, you will manage a complex caseload, delivering high-quality, evidence-based therapy interventions to patients in their own homes. You’ll use your advanced clinical reasoning to complete holistic assessments, develop tailored treatment plans, and monitor progress, adapting interventions as needed.
This is a leadership role where you’ll supervise and support colleagues from Bands 2 to 5, contribute to student education, and support appraisals and team development. You’ll be actively involved in service evaluation, audits, and improvement initiatives, ensuring best practice is embedded across the team. You will be required to clinically coordinate as part of the MDT
Working as part of a responsive multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in planning patient pathways, managing clinical risk, and promoting patient independence. You’ll also maintain accurate documentation, support equipment management, and engage in continuous professional development through training, reflection, and supervision.
The Team is made up of GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Health & Therapy Assistants who work together to reduce hospital admissions. Patients are reviewed daily by a clinical team and the ‘ward round’ may involve a home visit or take place through video technology.
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