Job Description

Urgent Community Response Senior Occupational Therapist Wanted!



Join our dynamic Urgent Community Response Team working in South West Essex and play a vital role in Admission Avoidance as a Senior Occupational Therapist!



We're looking for an experienced, passionate professional who enjoys the thrill of unplanned care and direct rewards of helping transform lives by providing urgent, person-centered care in the community.



This is a 7 day service with work patterns of 8am to 8pm

What You'll Do:

Deliver high-impact, prompt OT assessments and interventions to prevent hospital admissions.

Work closely with our multidisciplinary teams which includes urgent response Nurses, Social workers and healthcare assistants, providing comprehensive support.

Empower our patients, families and carers to overcome crisis scenarios focusing on enabling independence and improving immediate quality of life.

Make a direct difference in the heart of our community and support our ambulance service with people who may be acutely unwell or have fallen and are unable to get up off the floor.

Provide tailored, urgent OT interventions to support people's basic needs and activities of daily living, collaborating with our pathway services to recognise therapy goals beyond our admission avoidance input.

What We Need:

Senior OT experience, ideally in community or urgent, emergency and crisis care settings.

Quick, critical, clinical decision-making skills and a creative approach to problem-solving complex cases.

A passion for making a real impact on people's lives, improving patient outcomes and preventing admissions to our local A&Es.

A collaborative, positive attitude!



Why Join Us?



Be part of a supportive, friendly, innovative team making a direct impact in health and social care.

Help shape the future of urgent, emergency and crisis community healthcare in South West Essex.

Competitive salary and benefits.

Opportunity for career development and growth.



If you're ready to make an immediate impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us keep patients at home and out of hospital!



Our Values 2025 - 2030



Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

We are kind.



We are respectful.



We work together with our communities.



These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.



Probationary Period



This post will be subject to a probationary period.



NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.



High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe



This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of 1,303 to a maximum of 2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time).







Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.



We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.