occupational therapist

Reference

HUL/25/0548

Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)

£ £39152

Occupational group

Occupational Therapists

Job term

Full Time

Appointment type

Permanent

Hours

37

Division

Public Health - Directorate

Closing Date

26 October 2025

Proposed Shortlisting Date

29 October 2025

Proposed Interview Date

10 November 2025

Place of work

49 Kinloss Garth, Hull; Wilberforce Health Centre, Hull HU74L7 HU13SA

For an informal discussion please contact

Megan Porteous

Contact telephone

Occupational Therapist

Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference for the people of Hull?

Are you looking for a new challenge as an Adult Social Care Occupational Therapist? Then join our evolving Occupational Therapy workforce. We are looking for experienced Occupational Therapists for grade 8 posts (part time can be considered). There is an available role within our 7 day Active Recovery service, and within our Locality teams which works on office hours.

We are looking for a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist, with a minimum of 12 months experience. We offer a preceptorship program to support with transition from other areas of practice or return to practice. We have many opportunities for professional development that will enable you to broaden your experience across Adult Social Care. We will provide support and opportunities to enhance and progress your leadership skills and your clinical expertise.

In Hull, Occupational Therapy is a vital function of Adult Social Care, ensuring that individuals can maintain their independence and live life to the fullest in their own homes. We have established a close working relationship with multi-disciplinary teams across adult social care, and health colleagues to enable us to provide a holistic joined up service.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will be supported to take a trauma informed approach to working with people accessing adult social care. You will apply the principals of rights based inclusive practice. You will use solution focussed conversations, and agree goals with people as part of a proportionate assessment process. Where appropriate to contribute to, or lead on the statutory assessment and review of people's care and support needs under the Care Act 2014.

As a valued team member, you will be providing supervision and clinical oversight to Occupational Therapy Assistants, as well as carrying an independent case load. You will contribute to service development, policy and process for Occupational Therapy and ensure OT is embedded within the wider Social Care offer.

You will also have the opportunity to work with a varied case load including:

• Long term neurological conditions
• Life limiting illnesses
• Offenders within prison and in the community
• Homelessness
• Short term intervention with those recovering from illness/ injury
• Learning difficulties and autism
• Children transitioning into adulthood
• Carers

Sound interesting? We also offer a variety of opportunities to rotate between teams and work flexibly including full or part time hours, 7 or 5 day working and possible term time only working by negotiation. (7 day working includes weekends on a rota basis with alternative days off in the week)

Recognising the workforce demand these posts are enhanced with a market rate pay supplement in excess of the top of the substantive grade. An annual review will take place which could reduce, increase or remove the enhancement subject to market conditions.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Megan Porteous on

This role is not available for sponsorship therefore is only open to applicants who have the right to work in the UK.

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Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a 'name blind' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced & Adults Barring List Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, ad hoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.