Job Title: Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist
Agency: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

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Job summary

Are you a compassionate and experienced Occupational Therapist passionate about enabling independence? Trafford Local Care Organisation is looking for a motivated and dynamic Band 7 Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist to join our dedicated Community Equipment and Adaptations Service.

You will manage a complex caseload, using advanced clinical reasoning to provide highly specialist assessments and interventions for service users with diverse and complex needs. Your work will focus on the provision of specialist equipment and major adaptations to help people live safely and independently in their own homes and local community.

We are committed to providing high-quality patient care and to educating and developing our staff. Our teams are friendly and offer a supportive environment in which to further develop your clinical and leadership skills. Supervision, appraisal and professional development opportunities are provided, and CPD is actively supported and encouraged.

Supervision of junior staff, rehabilitation assistants and Occupational Therapy students is integral to the role.

The post is part-time 0.6 WTE between Monday – Friday and requires the ability to travel across Trafford Borough to undertake home visits. The confirmed working pattern will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive functional and risk assessments for service users with complex needs.
• Prescribe and evaluate specialist equipment and environmental adaptations to maximise function and independence.
• Act as an expert resource for the team, providing clinical guidance and supervision to junior OTs and support staff.
• Take a lead role in complex cases, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners, including Trafford Council.
• Manage a defined caseload, prioritising work effectively to meet service priorities and deadlines.
• Contribute to service development and audits to ensure a responsive and evidence-based service.
• Deliver training and education to colleagues, service users, and carers on equipment use and safe moving and handling techniques

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to practice as an Occupational Therapist within the NHS.
• Postgraduate qualifications and experience to Master’s level.
• Current registration with Health and Care Professions Council
• Relevant postgraduate training required to underpin clinical practice in the required area that the Senior Practitioner will be required to work

Desirable

• Postgraduate Qualifications relevant to the clinical area of expertise.
• Management /Leadership Qualification
• Masters qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience at a senior level of clinical practice in the speciality
• Evidence of managing a clinical team of patients with complex clinical needs.
• Able to demonstrate clinical practice at a senior level
• Experience of managing/leading a team
• Proven clinical leadership
• Evidence of post-registration development relevant to the post
• Awareness of recent government policies and directives and the implications for community service delivery both health & social care
• Knowledge of other non-statutory agencies working in the community
• Knowledge of relevant governance systems and their influence on current practice

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking Clinical Audit and Standard setting
• Specialist training in relevant area

Closing Date: 10 August 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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