Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
To have an understanding of adaptive equipment and minor adaptations
- Skills
Ability to give and receive instructions to people with a variety of communication abilities.
- Skills
Ability to work in a team
- Skills
Good interpersonal skills and empathy
- Skills
Effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Knowledge
To have a full understanding of the current NHS issues and initiatives, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance
- Experience
Demonstrable clinical Occupational Therapy experience including community working
- Qualifications
Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Qualifications
Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Will have completed the L’APPLE course and have taken Occupational Therapy students
- Experience
Formal supervision of staff
- Qualifications
To have completed the L’APPLE course
- Qualifications
Management/Leadership qualification.
Job overview
To work within the Home First pathway with a view to ensuring that patients remain in their home environment.
To work in the community with patients who have long term conditions and/or palliative care needs.
To assess and treat patients whilst following the Occupational Therapy process.
Main duties of the job
To develop and deliver specialist Occupational Therapy for people with long term conditions and palliative care needs within the community.
To work within the Doncaster Community Therapy Service to deliver the Home First model to people in the Doncaster area, to prevent hospital admissions and accelerate hospital discharges.
To assess individual patient’s needs, set and implement treatment plans and long term condition management for patients linking with primary, secondary and tertiary care, using a coordinated approach.
To contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy role within the Occupational Therapy Service by working across boundaries and inter agency working.
As part of a team, initiate research based practice and monitor the quality of the service being provided.
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, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Seven day working. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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