Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Community Occupational Therapist - Upper Lea Valley ICT
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About the Role
We are looking for a dynamic and patient-focused Occupational Therapist to join our Community Therapy Team in Hoddesdon on a fixed-term basis.
Responsibilities
- Work alongside your community colleagues to provide rehabilitation, palliative care, hospital at home/unplanned therapy support, to the residents of Hertfordshire in their own homes, residential and nursing homes.
- Work as part of the Integrated Community Team (ICT) pathways to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and to provide therapeutic holistic assessment, support, treatment and rehabilitation of patients in their own home.
- Provide specialist occupational therapy intervention for your patients and able to delegate and support the OT skills of our therapy technicians.
- Manage a clinical caseload and support patients with goal setting and supporting their functional performance through activity.
- Ensure that there is effective patient flow through the service.
- Support the rest of the therapy and nursing teams with your experience in equipment provision, effective therapeutic moving and handling, cognitive assessments and OT interventions/therapy programmes.
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About Us
The team is friendly, supportive and works collaboratively to optimise patients’ level of independence and find innovative ways to enable them to increase their functional performance. We are developing closer working relationships with the Primary care networks with their frailty pathways and with other statutory services.
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.
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Important Dates
- Proposed Interview date: 20th August 2026
Application Information
You don’t want to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Michelle Hills-Garner
- Job title: Team Lead
- Email address: michelle.hills-garner@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07775848930
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
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