Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 24 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2026 |
| Location: | Truro, TR1 3AY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0021-700004193 |
Summary
The Service & Team We have Band 6, Occupational Therapy positions in the Independence and Wellbeing East Therapy Team. The team includes Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technical Officers and Vision Rehabilitation Specialist. The team works across East Cornwall and these posts are predominately across North Cornwall. The Role As part of the supportive Occupational Therapy Team, you'll focus on preventing, reducing and delaying the need for care and support; providing advice, information, moving and handling assessments, equipment and adaptations to promote independence and wellbeing. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check. Working Pattern There are part time and full time positions available:- Two Full Time 37. 5 hours Monday to Friday - 7.5 hours per day One Part Time 22.50 hours per week What you'll need to succeed You will have a degree in Occupational Therapy and experience of working in Adult Social Care. You will need to be innovative with strong interpersonal skills and have the ability to work well under pressure. We would want to utilise your skills flexibly within either the front door of our service or in our community space. Cornwall Council Independence and Wellbeing Service is committed to assisting the Council in meeting the requirements of health and safety legislation and the fulfilment of the Councils legal responsibilities for the health, safety and welfare of its employees and others affected by the Authoritys activities. Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert What you'll get in return Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met. Our core employee rewards and benefits include a competitive salary. a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role. The full role profile is attached here We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact - Deborah Latter, Therapy Lead East 07973 813666 or Amy Solman, Therapy Practice Lead East 07483 424712 Application Process Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role 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. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process. Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.ukif you have any queries or require assistance with your application. Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle. Please note, as this is a position with Cornwall Council, if your application is shortlisted, your details will be securely transferred to Cornwall Council's recruitment system for the purposes of progressing your application.