Job overview
Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in urgent and emergency care?
You will work collaboratively with colleagues across urgent care pathways, helping patients access appropriate community services, intermediate care support, and external agencies, while also contributing to reducing hospital length of stay and improving patient outcomes.
Beyond your clinical responsibilities, you will be an integral part of the leadership and development of the service, supporting junior staff and helping to shape future improvements within the team.
If you're passionate about delivering high-quality patient-centred care in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Completion of postgraduate junior rotation to include a rotation in medicine
- Broad understanding of occupational therapy process and frameworks.
- Experience of audit and service review
- Experience of supervising other staff and/or students
- NHS experience including knowledge of policies and procedures
Desirable
- Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists
Further Training
Essential
- Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level
- Practice Placement Educators training
Desirable
- APPLE Accreditation training
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Sound Clinical knowledge of medical conditions and applied occupational therapy techniques
- Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
- Delegation skills
- Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
- Ability to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
- IT skills
- Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
- Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible working, including 7 day working which will include late shifts
Desirable
- Ability to drive
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This advert is for Senior Occupational Therapist (Urgent and Emergency Care Team) with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton In Ashfield, Midlands, 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 30 Jul 2026.
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