Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 25 November 2026
Job summary
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions with an aim to support, maintain and/or restore occupational functioning. As an Occupational Therapist, you will consider the whole person and the demands of her/his occupations in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. (adapted from Creek 2003). You will support individuals to engage in meaningful and purposeful occupations through activity analysis. The post holder will be based in an inpatient setting, community setting or both.

Provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy input to the designated therapy team. Hours may be required to be worked over 7 days between 08.00am and 08.00pm, depending on service need.

Rotation options may include cross organisational rotations

The postholder will ensure their own personal development and participate in the development of others

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of Occupational Therapy students to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the degree standard

Main duties of the job
We are seeking a dynamic occupational therapist to work in the different occupational therapy services across the East Lancashire geography, delivering care to patients. The successful candidate will work alongside senior occupational therapists, therapy assistants and other members of the multidisciplinary teams to provide holistic and high quality assessment and treatment to a range of service users.

You will provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention to adults and children with a range of complex mental health or/and physical health needs. Together you will devise individualised care plans which place recovery through occupation at the heart of the interventions provided.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a joint rotational scheme offering 6 monthly rotations in paediatric, mental health and physical Health, acute and community based services, provided by East Lancashire Hospital Trust and Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust. This post will allow you to develop skills and competencies across a range of specialist clinical areas. The rotations on offer may include, community paediatrics, community mental health, inpatient mental health, acute admission, inpatient medical, inpatient orthopaedics, inpatient neurology/stroke, community stroke, community rehabilitation, community neurology.

About us
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

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 351-FYL796-ZK
Job locations: Balladen House, Rawtenstall, BB4 6SL, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: HCPC Registration Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Knowledge

• Essential: Some knowledge of current best practice in within clinical area
• Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, risk assessment and management
• Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Balladen House, Rawtenstall, BB4 6SL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Occupational Therapist Gerard Jennings Gerard.Jennings@lscft.nhs.uk

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