Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and creative individual to join the Solihull Community Learning Disability Team, to provide highly specialist clinical expertise and clinical leadership in the provision of Occupational Therapy to adults who have learning disabilities, complex health needs including behaviours of concern and sensory processing issues.

The service uses the Model of Human Occupation as a clinical model and experience of using this model and standardised assessments used would be an advantage. The post holder will hold a complex caseload and work as part of a supportive and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Responsibilities

1. To carry a clinical caseload of complex clients with learning disabilities.
2. To interpret referrals, conduct initial interviews; assess the strengths and limitations of the client.
3. To plan and implement appropriate treatment plans involving patients/clients/relatives/carers and multidisciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Treatment may be delivered in a variety of community settings.
4. To provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Therapist within the LD team in specific community localities and ensure the teams objectives are in line with the overall objectives of the Community LD Team. To ensure that the Occupational Therapy processes are standardised across teams.
5. To coordinate the delivery of Occupational Therapy within locality team services and provide clinical and case management supervision to more junior members of the team in conjunction with other senior colleagues.
6. To advise the management and professional leadership team of specific Occupational Therapy training/requirements for the OT staff with the team.
7. To ensure timely and accurate data entry to demonstrate improving data quality on the electronic system.
8. To professionally conduct yourself to ensure that you are an ambassador for the service that you work within and the Trust as a whole.
9. The post holder is required to remain eligible for State Registration through participation in appraisal, clinical supervision and Continuous Professional Development.
10. Through highly specialist clinical reasoning and practical application determine specific occupational performance need of the service user.
11. Advanced knowledge of a wide range of conditions under the umbrella of learning disability and other associated comorbid conditions.
12. To utilise a comprehensive range of evidence based specialist assessments and treatment to service users.
13. To be an integral part in the provision of an effective and high quality Community Learning Disability Team.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more.
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more.
• Staff networks and support group.

Contact

Please contact Emma Hastings / Jade Waterfield for further information on 0121 728 4890.

This advert closes on Sunday 26 Oct 2025.