Band 6 Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist: Sutton H&C Community

Job summary
Community Neuro Occupational Therapist: Band 6, Sutton Health and Care

The community Neuro team is looking for OT's with a passion to work with adult neuro clients.

The role is an opportunity to work in a Community MDT who truly support each other and work towards our vision 'Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well'.

We work holistically, towards patient led goals, providing rehabilitation and intervention to maximise patient's potential. We are patient centred and specialists within our field, using evidence-based practice and investing in our staff, so they have the knowledge, skills and training to do this. We provide intervention based on clinical need, utilising each other's expertise and our rehabilitation assistants to maximise our intervention.

Visits take place in patients' homes, care homes and clinics, so staff need to be able to travel around the borough and work autonomously. Many of the team work part time or flexibly; there is some degree of remote working. As a team we also feel it is important that we come together regularly for clinical support, supervision, development and communication.

These roles are the perfect opportunity for current band 5 or 6's who have some experience and wish to further build on skills specifically in the specialty of Community Neuro therapy.

Main duties of the job
The Sutton Community Neuro therapy and Adult Speech and Language therapy service is a multi disciplinary team offering specialist, comprehensive assessment and intervention. We work with adults in the Sutton area of South West London who have neurological conditions.

The service has various pathways which enable us to deliver intervention to meet our patients' needs. Community Neuro provides intervention to stroke survivors (including an Early Supported Discharge (ESD) response) and other complex neuro conditions, such as PD, MS and MND.

The needs of our patients vary widely and our services offer rehabilitation, enablement and disability management interventions dependent on the patients' needs and goals.

We offer specialised multi-disciplinary therapy assessment and intervention to patients in order to promote quality of life and independence, by preventing inappropriate hospital stays, maximising rehabilitation, recovery, and self-management.

Therapists are expected to work flexibly across the pathways.

About us
Sutton Health and Care is an innovative partnership of providers working across Sutton (GP Federation; Local Authority; Mental Health Trust and Acute Trust) to provide integrated services for the local community. As partners we have the exciting opportunity to put the shared vision for how health and care can be delivered into reality through the implementation of a service model for the provision of community services (adult and children) that truly integrates health and care, physical and mental health and primary and acute care.

We are committed to working with each other and commissioners to co-create a model which when implemented will transform the experience of the people who use services in Sutton and fit the vision of the Sutton Health and Care Plan and the national NHS Long Term Plan.

We firmly believe that the partnership will drive transformational change to the benefit of patients and the local health and care system, getting the system to deliver better person-centred outcomes and financial sustainability.

Details
Closing date: 09 November 2026
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer)
Contract: Fixed term, 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 343-8356842-AG
Job location: Green Wrythe Lane Clinic, 2nd Floor, 411a Green Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, SM5 1JF, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Occupational Therapy diploma or degree
• Registered with Health Professions Council

Desirable

• Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT)
• Membership of a relevant specialist section of RCOT
• Fieldwork Educators course

Experience
Essential

• Relevant experience in neurology
• Post-graduate experience covering core areas such as; surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics, neurology, Care of the Elderly, mentally health
• Experience of MDT working

Desirable

• Previous community experience

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate on-going CPD
• Up to date with evidence based practice
• Effective written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to manage own case load
• Ability to manage own time
• Ability to work independently
• Basic computer skills

Desirable

• Basic splinting skills
• Experience of carrying out audits
• Experience in supervising Juniors / Assistants / Students

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Flexibility and able to cope with change

Other relevant requirements
Essential

• To be able to travel around the borough effectively and efficiently

Desirable

• Current Driving Licence
• Access to a car for work purposes

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us

For questions about the job, contact:
Highly Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist, Hannah Cushion, Hannah.cushion@nhs.net, 0202964100

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