Community Occupational Therapist in Kendal

Site Westmorland General hospital Town Kendal Salary £39,959 - £48,117 £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2026 23:59

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Community Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy team in South Cumbria. You would be joining the team at an exciting time as we are in the process of integrating discharge to assess, supported discharge and intermediate care to form a wider therapy team based in the community setting to provide a comprehensive quality service for our service users.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of Community Occupational Therapists, Community Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants based at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal.

Working closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, Rapid Response teams and hospital discharge teams we provide rehabilitation and admission avoidance within patients own homes or care settings and CHC assessments, supporting people with a wide variety of conditions including frailty and falls, amputees, neurological conditions, orthopaedics and long term conditions.

We support under-graduate clinical education to occupational therapy students on placement from the local universities.

The service hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 630pm, Saturday and Sunday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Main duties of the job

Working independently as an autonomous practitioner supporting occupational therapy pathways, providing therapeutic assessment, diagnosis, treatment and being responsible for managing a caseload of patients with a range of frequently complex conditions.

To regularly assist in the planning & delivery of team and departmental training and education sessions, to further professional and personal development for staff, working with the guidance and support of senior members of staff if required

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

The team delivers a 5 day service Monday to Friday. You will be expected to be able to travel across south Cumbria and be flexible for the needs of the service with some expectation to work across traditional boundaries. A broad experience of delivering rehabilitation is advantageous.

In addition to a comprehensive induction package we offer Team support, staff supervision and in-service training opportunities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Health and Care Professions Council registered OT
• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of OT, UK
• Post graduate training or experience to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
• Full UK driving licence, or equivalent qualification/ability to travel
• Experience of research or audit
• Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapists.
• Positive risk taking training/experience

experience

• Relevant post registration experience as an OT to achieve knowledge and skills applicable to this post
• Experience of assessment and prescription of aids and adaptations.
• Experience as a supervisor of OT (Band 5) and/or OT support staff and/or OT students
• experience within community settingExperience of caseload management and lone working as an autonomous practitioner.

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Transferable knowledge and skills at basic practitioner level with aptitude to develop to specialist OT practitioner level
• Ability to develop effective working relationships / team working
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
• Ability to work under pressure and recognise when support is required
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• Applied knowledge of health and social care legislation and guidelines e.g. National service Frameworks (NSF’s) and National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for clinical conditions and application to OT practice.
• Ability to apply knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
• Written and oral communication skills in English sufficient to communicate effectively with patients to gain consent and explain treatment interventions and gain information required for the patient’s medical/social history relevant to OT.
• Basic computer skills e.g. word processing, email and internet skills.
• Understanding of MOHO and person centred approach to therapy

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

Internal only posts are only open to employees of UHMBT and this does not include employees of OneLSC working in our hospitals.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, there is a charge of £41.00 for Enhanced and £20.00 for Standard & Basic clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 4 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Name Lorna Brown

Job title Team Lead Community Therapies South Cumbria

Email address Lorna.Brown2@mbht.nhs.uk

Telephone number 07816250989

Additional information Alex Tremeer or Sarah Airey -clinical lead OT

01539 715222

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