Community Occupational Therapist | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 September 2025 |
| Location: | Kendal, LA9 7RG |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7377788/331-C18420825 |
Summary
We have an exciting new position for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the long-term conditions services in the North Lancashire area. The role will be embedded within theCareHomeSupport &LongTermConditions team, providing a multi-disciplinary approach to patient centred care.The post holder will work closely with the AdvancedPhysiotherapist within the Care Home Support &Long TermConditions Team, and withtherapycolleaguesacrossthe widerCommunityTherapy team, including profession specificclinical supervision and support.
The Care Home Support Team support staff in registeredNursinghomesin the North Lancashire footprint to deliver safe, high-quality care for their residents.
The Long-Term Conditions (LTC)Team plays a significant part in caring for people, who have been assessed as having a long-term condition or who are frail and whose care is more appropriately delivered at home.
All these teams work towards admission avoidanceand early discharge from hospital, following the Government plan to prevent, delay or divert the need for acute hospital or long-term bed-based care.
The post holder will work independently as an autonomous practitionermanaging a caseload of patients with a range offrequentlycomplex conditions,appropriate tospecialist knowledge and skill level andexperience;providing flexible and patient centred programmes of Occupational Therapy (OT) interventions.
The post holder will take responsibility for the management of their own caseload without direct supervision, whilst continuing to develop specialist clinical skills, knowledge and experience asidentifiedin the post holder’s Performance and Development Plan (PDP).
The post holder will assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individualised programmes of evidence-based careprovidinghighly specialist advice to patients, carers/relatives, and the multidisciplinary team.
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.
The team delivers a5 dayservice Monday to Friday. You will be expected to beable to travel across south Cumbria and North Lancashire and beflexible for the needs of the service with some expectation to work across traditional boundaries. A broad experienceof deliveringrehabilitationis advantageous.
In addition to a comprehensive induction package we offer Team support, staff supervision and in-service training opportunities.
Toread more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Sep 2025