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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Salary

£58133 to £65261 per year

Apply on Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated clinician with advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and risk management skills to join our @home Service, which delivers rapid assessment and intervention to support people with complex and urgent health and social needs to remain safely at home.

The successful candidate will be a senior member of the team, demonstrating advanced assessment and clinical reasoning, providing clinical leadership, contributing to service development, and supporting colleagues through shared learning and professional expertise.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy assessment, intervention, and care planning for patients in the community
  • Working autonomously and collaboratively with colleagues across health and social care
  • Demonstrating strong clinical judgement in triaging referrals and prioritising resources
  • Undertaking the Therapist in Charge role and providing clinical leadership
  • Supervising and line managing junior therapists and support workers
  • Contributing to service improvement, audit, research, and evidence-based practice initiatives

The @home Service operates seven days a week, with therapists participating in a four-week rota that includes weekend working. This 0.8 WTE fixed-term role would be expected to work predominantly between 08:00 and 18:30.

We offer a collaborative environment, opportunities for professional and personal development, and the chance to make a real difference to people with urgent and complex needs.

The salary range for this post is £58,133 to £65,261 per annum.

Skills

Required

  • advanced assessment and clinical reasoning
  • risk management
  • clinical leadership
  • team management
  • communication and interpersonal skills
  • ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
  • manual handling techniques
  • evidence-based practice

Nice to have

  • previous experience in urgent/rapid response, A&E, acute medicine or similar
  • knowledge of current national policies and directives relevant to intermediate care and UCR

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9196-26-1193

Apply on Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust