Band 6 Specialist OT Solihull Community Respiratory Team

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Solihull Community Respiratory Team. Working as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with respiratory conditions across a variety of settings, including community venues, hospital sites and patients' homes.

You will work flexibly across the service, supporting respiratory outpatient, community services and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes to help patients improve their independence, function and quality of life.

Main duties of the job
To provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with respiratory conditions across community, outpatient, pulmonary rehabilitation and home-based settings. The post holder will manage a varied caseload, delivering evidence-based interventions to improve patients' independence, function, self-management and quality of life.

Key responsibilities include assessing functional ability, activities of daily living, fatigue, breathlessness and environmental factors; developing and evaluating individualised treatment plans; supporting pulmonary rehabilitation programmes; and providing education and advice to patients, carers and families.

The post holder will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, liaising with GPs, consultants, nurses, physiotherapists, social care and other agencies to ensure coordinated patient-centred care. They will identify and respond appropriately to clinical risk, maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to discharge planning and ongoing management.

The successful candidate will support service development, quality improvement, audit and governance activities, helping to deliver high standards of care and positive patient outcomes. They will also contribute to the supervision and support of students, therapy support workers and junior staff where appropriate.

The role requires flexibility to work across multiple sites and community settings within the Solihull Community Respiratory Team.

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 304-9018528-1

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: HCPC Registered
• Essential: Current registration with HCPC
• Essential: Evidence of post registration CPD/ post registration qualification in an appropriate area / speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialists experience / short courses to degree level or equivalent
• Desirable: Evidence of leadership training
• Desirable: Evidence of mentor training/qualification
• Desirable: Health care management / Leadership Qualification
• Desirable: Health assessment qualification

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrates relevant and recent clinical experience enabling the post holder to assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Essential: Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting within a complex health care setting.
• Essential: Experience of working in a community setting
• Essential: Experience of comprehensive clinical assessment of patients
• Essential: Knowledge of safeguarding issues/ procedures
• Essential: Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Essential: Experienced in supporting the development and delivering education / training of junior staff / others
• Essential: Experience of clinical audit / monitoring of standards / practice / benchmarking
• Essential: A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded in practice
• Essential: Sound understanding of evidence-based practice and its application
• Essential: Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
• Desirable: Knowledge of professional priorities and issues relating to NHS care provision
• Desirable: Specific experience in Falls prevention

Additional Criteria

• Essential: Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include weekend working
• Essential: To possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
• Essential: Able to manage a combination of mobile working and working from base location

Employer contact details
Hiring Manager: Gemma Atkins, gemma.atkins3@uhb.nhs.uk, 01214245033

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.