Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist

Job Introduction

Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist PO6

• Working Pattern: Full Time, Permanent
• Hours: 35 hours per week.
• Salary £54,267 - £57,402 plus Market Supplement £3k per year (reviewed annually)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Specialist Community Occupational Therapy and Sensory Services. 

We are looking for an experienced, autonomous and highly motivated practitioner who can influence practice and is looking for a new challenge in the work place. We require a keen, creative and experienced individual who thrives on developing services, supporting staff, driving innovation and change.

·     Advanced Occupational Therapy Skills for working with people with a range of complex conditions and will be a resource to advise, train and teach specialist skills to colleagues within the wider therapy services across the  Health and Care system.

·        Experience of developing therapy pathways for people in the Community setting.

·        Experience of managing a team on a day to day basis including skills of deputising for senior managers and leading on an area of expertise.

·        Experience of Service development and initiatives / new ways of working

The Royal Borough of Greenwich can offer you professional supervision, good terms and conditions, career development and a welcoming supportive team environment.

Additional Information

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults and Older people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The post holder must hold a diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). 

A full enhanced DBS is required.

Employment will be subject to references, including most recent employer.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact 

Dismas.joseph@royalgreenwich.gov.uk         Team Manager / Deputy Lead

kate.leszkowski@royalgreenwich.gov.uk       Principal Occupational Therapist / Service Lead

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.