# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/880d090e-efe4-41d7-b1cd-e30af4a45fc6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/880d090e-efe4-41d7-b1cd-e30af4a45fc6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Woodfield House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 35.25 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T12:20:48.756Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Scunthorpe/Rotherham_Doncaster_South_Humber_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapist/Occupational_Therapist-v8333299 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8333299?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Occupational Therapist within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) provides specialist, recovery-focused assessment and intervention for individuals experiencing an acute mental health crisis. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder supports people to remain safely at home where appropriate, promotes independence, and helps individuals regain daily functioning, meaningful activity and community participation. The role involves assessing occupational needs, developing personalised recovery plans, supporting admission avoidance and facilitating successful discharge from acute services ### Main duties of the job The Occupational Therapist provides specialist assessment and recovery-focused intervention for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, supporting independence, daily functioning and community living while contributing to admission avoidance and effective discharge planning ### 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 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Demonstrable clinical skills in individual and group occupational therapy assessment and intervention. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to organise, prioritise and respond efficiently to complex and rapidly changing information. - Ability to work autonomously, manage own caseload and seek supervision appropriately. - Ability to build effective multidisciplinary, interagency and community working relationships. - Effective problem-solving and clinical reasoning skills - Presentation, teaching, training and facilitation skills - Computer literacy and ability to use electronic clinical record systems. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to the client group. - Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures and their use in practice - Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation, care planning processes and current mental health practice. - Knowledge of recovery-focused, trauma informed and person-centred approaches to care. - Applied knowledge of risk assessment, risk management and safeguarding within community mental health practice. - Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and safe lone/community working practice - Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to practice, audit and service evaluation. - Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues and apply professional standards to clinical decision-making. ### Experience **Essential** - - Appropriate demonstrable post-registration experience, including experience within mental health services or a relevant clinical area. - - Experience of assessing occupational needs and delivering individual and group occupational therapy interventions. - - Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and liaising with partner agencies. - - Experience of supervising or supporting junior staff, students or support staff. - - Documented evidence of continuing professional development. - - Experience of contributing to audit, service evaluation or quality improvement activity. - - Experience across a range of mental health settings or crisis/community services. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy. - Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. - Practice Placement Educator qualification or willingness to complete required training. - Willingness to undertake post-registration or postgraduate learning relevant to the service area. **Desirable** - Experience of contributing to audit, service evaluation or quality improvement activity. - Membership of RCOT Community Section ## Documents - [ot (pdf, 608.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656521) - [main terms and conditions (pdf, 406.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2515) - [rdash clinical & organisational strategy - 2023 to 2028 (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2789) - [use of artificial intelligence (ai) when writing job applications (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2919) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.