Senior Occupational Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Folkestone, CT19 5HL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Sept 2026
Closing date:	15 Sept 2026

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Summary

Balancing all aspects of the job role. Being flexible and responsive to competing demands. Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice. Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice. To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs. To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence. To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience. To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

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