Job overview
We are currently looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our older people’s acute directorate based at The Woodlands in the Home Treatment Team.
As an Occupational Therapist, you will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team, which includes medical staff, nursing, psychological therapies, and others.
Using occupation as the foundation, and with an emphasis on rehabilitation, recovery, and empowerment, you will contribute to the delivery of assessments, individualised interventions, and therapy/care planning as part of the team. You will be the key worker for a defined number of patients whose primary need is for Occupational Therapy intervention.
If you are a person centred, compassionate Occupational Therapist with experience of working with complex patients experiencing mental health difficulties, then we would welcome your application to join us.
Main duties of the job
The job is varied and challenging and offers the opportunity to be an integral part of the Older Peoples Home Treatment Pathway. Key elements of the post include taking the lead on the development of recovery and occupation focused interventions, building and refining a HTT occupational therapy pathway, to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, assessing occupational needs and providing evidence-based short-term, intensive, community based occupational therapy interventions to complex patients experiencing acute mental health.
To supervise junior staff/support staff to deliver community interventions enabling patients to develop and/or maintain independent living skills and work towards individual recovery goals.
To develop links with statutory and voluntary sector community resources and ensure that ongoing occupational needs are addressed as part of a safe effective discharge/transfer process.
The Allied Health Professionals and occupational therapy network within the organisation is supportive, providing opportunities for collaboration and participation in development of practice and services and to build your own knowledge base and experience. The trust also encourages staff to be involved in wider integrated professional workstreams and development opportunities.
We have strong links with local universities and provide regular practice placements for Occupational Therapy students.
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
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group.
- Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
- Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
- Knowledge of principles of Recovery and person centred approach to care.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
- Detailed knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
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
- Diploma / 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.
Skills/Abilities
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
- Presentation skills.
- Training and facilitation skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- To abide by Royal College of Occupational Therapists Code of Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures.
Desirable
- Membership of professional body.
- Membership of RCOT Specialist Section.
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This advert is for Senior Occupational Therapist Older People's Home Treatment Team with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, North East and Yorkshire, 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. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
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