Specialist Occupational Therapist | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 April 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, PR1 7LY |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7894336/351-PEN1083-CL |
Summary
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) Adult Learning Disability Services are looking to recruit a new Occupational Therapist to join our Intensive Support Team.
Through continued investment in our services, we are pleased to offer a Band 7 Occupational Therapy post within the learning disability intensive support team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to progress your career and further develop specialist skills in working with adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.
This post sits within Adult Learning Disability Services and will work closely with both the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) and the inpatient hospitals, specifically, Watermeadow View.
We are seeking an Occupational Therapist who is adaptable, highly motivated, and passionate about improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities and their families. You will have excellent communication skills and experience of working with individuals with complex needs, risk and behavioural distress.
The post holder will work as part of a multi disciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation and evidence based interventions to adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers.
Working in the Intensive Support Team, this post is responsible for delivering specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention across Lancashire & South Cumbria for people with Learning Disabilities. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, treatment, planning, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based occupational therapy interventions, to people with learning disability, mental illness and behaviours of concern.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026