Band 7 Occupational Therapist in pain managment | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, N1 5LZ |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7764304/293-EMRS1-0556 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist, ideally with some experience of working with people persistent pain, fatigue, Long Covid or other long-term conditions, to join a dynamic, therapies-led team of psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurse specialist, pharmacist and consultants.
The Locomotor Pain Service is an established, award winning, team providing high quality pain management services to people in Hackney living with persistent pain. There may also be the opportunity to work part time in our fatigue service.
Our supportive team environment will give you the opportunity to build on your existing OT skills and experience expand these to work with patients with complex pain presentations. Therefore experience working with persistent pain or fatigue is desirable but not essential.
There will be opportunities for close interdisciplinary working, research, teaching and training & contributing to service development. We place a strong emphasis on understanding Persistent Pain through a biopsychosocial model and encourage team members to employ psychologically informed approaches using ideas from ACT, CBT and Mindfulness. CPD is strongly supported through team-based training and attending internal and external courses.
Please note interviews will be held face to face. The post is full-time, though we may consider part time for the right candidate.
The successful applicant will be responsible for conducting MDT assessments alongside physiotherapy and psychology colleagues as well as specialist OT assessments and contributing to treatment planning and liaison following assessment. They would also independently manage a caseload of patients with Persistent Pain on a 1:1 basis agreeing an appropriate, evidence based treatment plan for supporting them with pain management goals.
In addition, the role would involve contributing to the development and delivery of the existing 10 week MDT, group pain management programmes, and leading on the design and development of OT-led groups for people with persistent pain and building relationships with community services and resources to support people with persistent pain in engaging with these and working towards values based goals.
We work in an integrative way to deliver psychologically informed pain management and support for people with a diagnosis of persistent pain and ME/CFS. The services consist of a range of professionals including Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, Nurses and Pain Consultants.
There will be opportunities for close interdisciplinary working, research, teaching and training & contributing to service development. We place a strong emphasis on CPD through team based training and support for attending external courses.
The service is based at St Leonard’s Hospital in Hackney, close to Old Street with excellent transport links and good local amenities.
The St Leonard’s Pain Service is a well-established multi-disciplinary team which has a psychologically driven ethos. The team is enthusiastic, hardworking and dedicated to improving the quality of life of patients living with persistent pain and ME/CFS. In addition we have a wider agenda of educating other stakeholders involved in the care of patient with persistent pain/ME/CFS. We are embedded within the Locomotor Pain Service and work closely with the MSK physiotherapists providing case consultation, training and support for the well-being of staff across both services.
We are part of Homerton which is an integrated trust providing comprehensive hospital and community health services and a range of specialist services.
Please refer to the full job description for more information this post.
· Conduct initial MDT assessment alongside Physiotherapists and Psychologists, and specialist occupational therapy assessment for patients with persistent pain
· Provide treatment of patients with persistent pain within a biopsychosocial and goal-orientated framework, including addressing needs such as vocational rehabilitation and cognitive rehabilitation.
· Lead on the design, development and delivery of OT- led group interventions within the Pain Service
· Provide clinical mentorship/ supervision, teaching and support to other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider Locomotor service
· Participate in and lead on-going service development within the department and other community and acute therapy services.
· Take the lead and contribute to service developments in line with local, regional and national policy directives.
· The post holder will get the opportunity to develop their skills and expertise working alongside individuals in a geographical area that is rich in cultural diversity.
· The post holder will need to take into consideration highly complex socioeconomic issues impacting on individuals’ health and well-being.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Mar 2026
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