Occupational Therapist Clinical Specialist | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum (subject to confirmation)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Blackpool, FY4 4FE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	16 Jul 2026
Closing date:	19 Aug 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join the team at The Harbour, Blackpool, as a Band 7 Clinical Specialist.

The Harbour is a modern, purpose-built 154-bed Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit providing care for individuals with complex mental health needs. This role offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership, support service development, and deliver high-quality, person-centred care within a dynamic inpatient setting.

You will work collaboratively across inpatient services and with community teams to support recovery-focused pathways and improve outcomes for service users.

Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, formulation, and intervention for service users with complex needs

Lead and support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based OT practice within the inpatient setting

Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) working, including risk assessment, care planning, and discharge planning

Support patient flow and timely, safe discharge planning

Provide clinical leadership, support, and supervision to Occupational Therapy staff and students

Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and governance processes

Work collaboratively with inpatient and community teams to ensure continuity of care

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

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Thursday 6 Aug 2026

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