Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 18 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,151 to £42,838 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Location: | St Marys Community Health Campus, Milton Road, PO3 6AD, PO36AD |
| Company: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | pcc/TP/724/807 |
Summary
Occupational Therapist - Main Grade - Community Rehab Service (CRS)
Salary: Band 9, £39,151 - £42,838 per annum
37 hours per week Monday - Friday
Location: St Marys Community Campus, Portsmouth
The Service
The Community Rehab Service (CRS) is an integrated health and social care team supporting adults with a wide range of health and care needs. The service provides:
- A responsive crisis intervention to manage needs at home and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
- A city-wide service that facilitates timely discharges and provides community-based care.
- An intermediate care offer focused on rehabilitation, reablement, and recovery in people’s homes.
The team is evolving into a fully therapy-led model, working closely with community nursing and other partners to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. It includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants, and Rehab Assistants who work collaboratively to deliver coordinated, person-centred support. The service supports individuals with a wide range of conditions, from simple to complex, aiming to promote independence and improve quality of life
What is the role?
This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join CRS and deliver reablement and rehabilitation interventions to Portsmouth residents in their own homes. The role focuses on restoring or maintaining physical, psychological, and social functioning.
You will conduct strength-based assessments and develop personalised rehabilitation plans using clinical reasoning to select, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions. You will monitor and adapt treatment plans to ensure effectiveness and achievement and complete and document risk assessments to ensure safe practice whilst providing education and advice to clients, carers and professionals as required. In addition, you will supervise and support rehabilitation assistants and students and contribute to service development and continuous improvement initiatives.
Who is the person?
You will have a Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists or BSc Occupational Therapy or Occupational Therapy qualification recognised by the world federation of Occupational Therapist, and a current registration with HCPC. With knowledge of Adult Social Care eligibility criteria, you will have clinical reasoning and problem solving skills with the to work independently using your initiative whilst managing a varied caseload under pressure.
With strong communication and interpersonal skills, you will have competence in IT systems and electronic record keeping. With the ability to travel across Portsmouth and access clients homes you will beflexible and responsive to changing needs and demands.
Please read the attached job profile for the full details of this role.
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.
Application process:
If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact: Catherine.Ayling@solent.nhs.uk
Please read the full job profile attached for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800