Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Extensive demonstrable clinical experience including individual and group work.
- Skills
Good communication skills – written and verbal.
- Skills
Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Skills
Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Skills
Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships.
- Skills
Problem solving abilities.
- Skills
Supervisory/appraisal skills.
- Skills
Leadership skills.
- Skills
Computer literacy.
- Skills
Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group
- Knowledge
Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
- Knowledge
Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of principles of recovery, trauma informed practice and person centred approaches to care.
- Knowledge
Applied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA and risk assessment and management.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
- Knowledge
Detailed knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
- Knowledge
Ability to analyse and draw conclusions about professional and ethical issues.
- Experience
Post registration experience in mental health services.
- Experience
Supervisory responsibility for staff.
- Experience
Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience
Experience of a range of mental health settings and varied aspects of practice
- Qualifications
Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Qualifications
Registration with Health and Care Professions Council.
- Qualifications
Practice Placement Educator Qualification
- Qualifications
Willingness to undertake post-graduate study relevant to service area
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Presentation skills.
- Skills
Education, training and facilitation skills
- Experience
Experience of research, service evaluation and audit procedures.
Job overview
The Doncaster Older Adult mental health ward Windermere Lodge are looking to recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist who has experience of working within the specialism of mental health.
The ward is a 20 bedded mixed ward providing inpatient care to patients who are aged 65+ with both organic and functional mental illness. The role plays an integral part in ensuring that the whole multi-disciplinary team works to support patients to engage in meaningful occupations which promote good mental and physical health, assist recovery and help patients achieve their personal goals – such as being able to manage daily living skills, engage in vocational, leisure and educational opportunities and participate in community activities.
Main duties of the job
To carry out assessments and interventions, utilising the OT process, from initial assessment to discharge planning and evaluation.
Communicate complex, sensitive, distressing and contentious information effectively and compassionately with service users, carers, and staff in the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies.
To establish links with community mental health team occupational therapists and colleagues to ensure service users’ ongoing occupational needs are addressed along with support to access to resources in the wider community as part of a safe effective discharge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Occupational Therapist with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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