Senior Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Dunstable, LU6 3SD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9363-25-0748 |
Summary
To work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team for the Luton and Bedfordshire Older Peoples community mental health teams, supporting the teams to deliver and develop functional and organic services. There may be times were you will be required to work across Luton and Bedfordshire to support the wider OT Older Adult Team and service users. The OT will provide specialist bio-psycho-social assessments and interventions to clients referred to the CMHT/Memory Assessment Service To provide expert advice to the Community Mental Health Team on Occupational Therapy issues and to raise the profile of Occupational Therapy approaches to care within the Team. To manage a caseload that reflects the need for specialist O.T skills. This may include supporting care coordinators in evidencing the need for social care packages. To develop and facilitate, therapeutic 1-1 and group interventions within the community; according to the needs of clients and service. To work in collaboration with the Head OT in the development of clinical and professional practice and support the implementation of research, evidence based practice, quality standards and audit within the OT service / MDT. The post holder will provide leadership, advice, support and clinical supervision to the OT team. To develop and maintain links with relevant, statutory and non-statutory agencies with particular reference to day care services, user led initiatives, voluntary bodies and Primary Care Providers