Senior Occupational Therapist

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time – 26.25 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Job ref: 846-6995497-CF-A

Site: Westview Hospital

Town: Tenterden

Salary: £46,148 – £52,809 pro rata, per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

Band 7 Occupational Therapist work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends, and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.

Band 7 HCPs are expected to have a key leadership role, acting as a role model for others. They will communicate and maintain excellent working relationships with all those that use, commission, and work within the services delivered. They will undertake direct clinical work for a minimum 70% of their time.

Main duties of the job

1. Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic care in relation to care planning/pathways.
2. Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with service users, commissioners, and key stakeholders.
3. Ensuring a supervision framework is in place for staff under their care and support in the development of relevant competencies across staff groups.
4. Actively working as a member of the integrated team to ensure high-quality care is provided to service users.
5. Maintaining own specialist area of competence and leading on the competency frameworks for others.
6. Having the ability to synthesise information in order to present proposals effectively to decision makers (including Directors and Senior Executives) in ways which facilitate their understanding and influence pathways.
7. Making recommendations to decision makers in order to drive forward innovative solutions to achieve business objectives, service improvement strategies, and financial efficiencies linked to packages of prescribed care or identified projects.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, Excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.

If you need an application form in an alternative format, please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way, we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Person specification

Qualification

• OT registered
• Masters or equivalent

Experience

• 5+ years
• Senior leadership role

Personal Attributes

• Able to lead
• Demonstrates ability to lead and act

Knowledge

• Understanding of NHS framework

Skills and abilities

• Expert clinical knowledge

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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