Occupational Therapist
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustLytham St Annes, North West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust based in Lytham St Annes. The advertised salary is £32,073 to £39,043. Applications close on 18 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
To provide routine occupational therapy interventions in order to maintain, restore or create a match beneficial to the individual between the abiliti...
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting place to be an Occupational Therapist and it is a highly valued role in our Trust's approach to multi-disciplinary care. We have sound professional structures to lead and inspire our Occupational Therapy workforce.We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Fylde Coast Rotation. If you are an OT who would like to expand your experience within different mental health settings we currently have a vacancy for a full time band 5 Occupational Therapist:Within the rotational post you will be based with a variety of teams across Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre. You will work within each team for 12 months. The teams will include;o Older Adult Community Mental Health Services (Fylde Coast Rapid Intervention & Treatment Team (RITT), includes Care Home Liaison) and Memory Assessment Service (MAS)o Adult Community Mental Health Services (Adult CMHT)o Older Adult In-Patient Mental Health WardsThe successful candidate will be responsible for caseloads, assessing patients within the hospital, community and home environments and supporting with patient cantered care. They will also be expected to undertake supervision of support staff and assist in local developments related to the Occupational Therapy.
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
Essential: - Diploma/BSc/MSc in Occupational Therapy (OT) Ongoing registration with Health Professionals Council
Essential: - Some knowledge of current best practice in OT Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice Understanding of team dynamics; - Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management; - Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance Health, safety and risk awareness
Essential: - Application of the OT process; - Broad range of under graduate practice placement experience; - Use of functional assessment and the analysis of occupation
How this role compares
We hold 1,077 NHS vacancies in North West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays less than about 63% of them.
There are 12,505 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,491 of them in North West.
You have 12 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 33 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has 70 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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