Occupational Therapist (NHS Band 5 equivalent)

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Job Reference Ref/178923/9508

Apply for this job Number of Positions: 1 Contract Type: Full Time Salary Range : £39481 - £42123 Working Hours: 37 Location: Haylock house Closing Date: 15/11/2026 Job Category: Occupational Therapy Organisation: North Northamptonshire Council

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Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

 

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

Post title:	Occupational Therapist
Salary grade:	£ 39,481 – 42,123 (Band 5 equivalent)
Hours:	37 hours
Location:	Haylock House, Kettering Venture Park, Kettering NN15 6EY This will be a community role covering North Northamptonshire
Reports to:	Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Service area:	Therapy North, Adult Social Care

What will you be doing?

1.    To complete Occupational Therapy assessments with the implementation of safe interventions which promote independence, choice and support people to live well for longer whilst reducing where possible the need for hospitalization or long-term residential care.

2.    To gain skills and knowledge in one or more Occupational Therapy discipline such as community, dementia, reablement, manual handling and any other developing professional area.

3.    To undertake a person-centred assessment of moving and handling needs and support carers with expert advice and guidance on manual handing cases to improve the quality of care within North Northamptonshire. 

4.    To take a collaborative approach to care, working with the person and their carers to ensure they receive the right amount of care and therapy in the correct environment, at the right time. 

5.    To assist with the development and reviews of the Community Occupational Therapy services in North Northamptonshire. Support the growth of an effective Community based Therapy service with a focus on quality and ensuring professional standards are met.

Principle responsibilities

1    To carry out detailed functional assessments of daily living skills, identify

deficits and make appropriate recommendations to address them.

2    Undertake and complete moving and handling assessments for people with a wide range of complex medical conditions, in accordance with all relevant legislation and eligibility criteria. 

3    To produce and implement appropriate and safe moving and handling care plans, to achieve outcomes based on the single care approach. This includes making decisions to reduce care packages where it is safe and appropriate to do so.

4    To offer specialist advice on lifestyle changes, coping strategies, to maximise independence and maintain function e.g. grading tasks to manage fatigue in COPD, joint protection for RA.

5    To prescribe standard equipment and minor adaptation work and delegate to Support Staff where appropriate for follow up and ensure at that equipment and adaptations provided are fit for purpose and the individual is safely able to use them.

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