Senior Occupational Therapist

Salary: Grade 10 £48,738 to £53,051 per year

Location: Church Square House, Scunthorpe

Hours: 37 hours per week

DBS: Yes Enhanced with Barred List Check

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

About the role

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership skills whilst continuing to make a real difference to people's lives?

North Lincolnshire Council is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Adult Services Occupational Therapy Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a supportive and progressive service, helping people to maximise their independence, wellbeing and choice through strengths-based practice.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will manage a complex caseload, support service development, provide professional guidance to colleagues, and contribute to the delivery of high-quality occupational therapy services across North Lincolnshire.

The successful candidate will:

Undertake complex occupational therapy assessments for adults with a wide range of disabilities, health conditions and housing needs.

Provide specialist assessment and recommendations for equipment, adaptations and Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs).

Support individuals to achieve their goals through strengths-based and person-centred practice.

Offer professional support and guidance to Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants and other team members.

Assist with service development, quality assurance and the implementation of best practice.

Work collaboratively with health colleagues, housing providers, contractors and partner agencies.

Support the management of risk whilst promoting independence and positive outcomes.

Contribute to supervision, mentoring and professional development within the team.

You will be:

A qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Experienced in adult social care, community rehabilitation, housing adaptations or related occupational therapy settings.

Why join North Lincolnshire Council?

We offer a supportive working environment alongside a great range of benefits including:

Competitive salary.
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions.
Minimum 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional annual leave via pre-tax and NI salary sacrifice.
Pluxee Staff Discount Scheme, offering savings on shopping, travel and more.
BHSF Health Cash Plan to support your health and wellbeing.
Cycle Benefit Scheme and Tusker Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
Free staff parking permits.
Access to on-site facilities, including free tea and coffee.
Career development opportunities and continuous professional development.
Flexible and agile working.
A comprehensive induction and high standard of professional supervision.
A high quality of life with a lower cost of living, making North Lincolnshire an affordable and accessible place to live and work.

You will also be joining a friendly, supportive and experienced Occupational Therapy team that is passionate about helping people achieve the best possible outcomes.

Join us and make a difference

If you are committed to helping people live independently and want to be part of a team that makes a positive difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Julie Barlow, Lead Occupational Therapist, at Julie.Barlow@northlincs.gov.uk.

Closing date: 20 November 2026.

Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK. Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.

As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.

The Council

We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.