# Senior Occupational Therapist AMH > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-amh/75629712-342d-4478-be6c-e31bf84d1998 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-amh/75629712-342d-4478-be6c-e31bf84d1998.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Doncaster - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (24 hours over a 7 day working pattern) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-01T14:22:13.698Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Scunthorpe/Rotherham_Doncaster_South_Humber_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professions_Occupational_Therapy/Allied_Health_Professions_Occupational_Therapy-v8104997 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8104997?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking for a new role utilising your Occupational Therapist skills within the community Mental Health teams?  We are looking for  enthusiastic  Band 6 Occupational Therapists. Opportunities available to join the Community Rehabilitation Team in North Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe We have an exciting opportunity to join a new mental health community rehabilitation service for people living in North Lincolnshire and we are looking for enthusiastic and innovative professionals to help us embed this new 7-day service.  The service will enable people to receive an intensive community rehabilitation service closer to home in their own community.  We are transforming with the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) for Mental Health at the heart of our innovations. The community rehabilitation service will consist of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency workforce, working collaboratively between Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) and North Lincolnshire Council to share skills and specialisms to support individuals and improve their quality of life. ### Main duties of the job MAIN DUTIES - To work within an occupational therapy mental health pathway aimed at supporting people to achieve their recovery goals/ functional stability - To carry out assessments and interventions, utilising the OT process, from initial assessment to discharge planning and evaluation. Develop clinical formulation and apply clinical reasoning. - To undertake risk assessments; document, report and act on identified concerns. - Treat, monitor, develop each individuals OT programme, measure outcomes and discharge appropriately. - To use MOHO as a core framework for practice (including MOHO based standardised assessments and formulations for pre-post therapy outcome measures and patient-centred goal planning) - Educate, guide and supervise patient as individuals or in groups. - Educate carers on the support and management of the patients needs. - Negotiate, agree expectations and set appropriate, realistic and individualised therapy goals in partnership with the patients, carer and colleagues. - Participate in multidisciplinary case review meetings to discuss progress and to plan treatment and safe discharge. - Refer to other agencies as appropriate. - Communicate complex, sensitive, distressing and contentious information effectively and compassionately with patient, carers, and staff in the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - - To abide by Royal College of Occupational Therapists Code of Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures - Access to a vehicle as this role will include transport of patients within the local community. **Desirable** - Membership of professional body - Membership of RCOT Specialist Section ### Experience **Essential** - Appropriate demonstrable post registration experience with demonstrable experience at senior level in mental health services for adults - Supervisory responsibility for staff. - Documented evidence of continuing professional development. - Experience of research and audit procedures. **Desirable** - Experience of a range of mental health settings ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Occupational Therapy - Registration with Health and Care Professions Council. - Practice Placement Educator Qualification - Willingness to undertake post-graduate study relevant to service area ### knowlege and Skills **Essential** - Extensive demonstrable clinical experience including individual and group work. - Excellent communication skills – written and verbal - Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information. - Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities. - Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships. - Problem solving abilities. - Supervisory/appraisal skills. - Leadership skills - Training and facilitation skills. - Computer Literacy - Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. - Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group. - Understanding and of occupational therapy outcome measures. - Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice. - Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues. ## Documents - [main terms and conditions (pdf, 406.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2515) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 544.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399517) - [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.