• Job Description

  Req#: C9820-25-0549?language=en&page=708&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our OT team within the Access to Communication and Technology(ACT) Service.

  The post-holder will work within three clinical caseloads relating to Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT): people with severe physical disabilities who may need Environmental Control (EC) or computer access and people with communication and language difficulties who may need Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC)

  The post holder will:

  • Have significant experience post qualification, with relative experience working with:

  - Children

  - People with Neurology Conditions

  - People with Learning Disability

  • Be able to work independently and travel widely within the Midlands region
  • You would be expected to develop the knowledge, experience and skills in assistive technology required through a period of supported experience and training in the role. We have a good supervision structure in place to support this.

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will:

  • Use occupational therapy skills alongside Speech Therapy (SLT) and Clinical Science (CS) staff within the interdisciplinary team assessing people referred to the service with AAC needs, in accordance with the ACT AAC clinical competencies. This will involve developing a deeper understanding of the scope of both SLT and CS, in order to apply this knowledge to provide comprehensive, holistic assessments.
  • Work as an autonomous practitioner, in accordance with the ACT clinical competencies, carrying a caseload of people referred to the service for assessment of EC, computer access and communication needs.
  • Participate in service improvement initiatives and projects within ACT and the trust and nationally for AAC and EC. This may include specific projects for individual patients, research, audit, as well as procedure development.

  To establish effective working relation with the following:

  • ACT Team - Clinical, Technical, Stock and Admin staff
  • Patients, their carers and families
  • Assistive technology providers
  • Other departments
  • External organisations such as Higher Education providers, professional bodies and other stakeholders

  About us

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  Be Part of Our Team...

  BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

  If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

  Details

  Date posted

  26 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  820-7245079-ASR

  Job locations

  West Midlands Rehab Centre

  Oak Tree Lane

  Selly Oak Birmingham

  B29 6JA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant Experience post qualification, with relative experience in one of the following areas: ?Neurology ?Paediatrics ?Learning disability
  • Documented evidence of CPD
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working in EAT

  personal qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to travel around the region therefore car driver

  Qualifications / training

  Essential

  • oGraduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
  • oHCPC Registered

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant Experience post qualification, with relative experience in one of the following areas: ?Neurology ?Paediatrics ?Learning disability
  • Documented evidence of CPD
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working in EAT

  personal qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to travel around the region therefore car driver

  Qualifications / training

  Essential

  • oGraduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
  • oHCPC Registered

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

  Address

  West Midlands Rehab Centre

  Oak Tree Lane

  Selly Oak Birmingham

  B29 6JA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

  Address

  West Midlands Rehab Centre

  Oak Tree Lane

  Selly Oak Birmingham

  B29 6JA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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