# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/0730a0a5-3010-427f-af37-b4c9259dbbd4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/0730a0a5-3010-427f-af37-b4c9259dbbd4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Goole - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 27.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T11:30:37.695Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Goole/Northern_Lincolnshire_Goole_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8184517 - **Employer website:** https://www.nlg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The purpose of this post is to provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy service undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. You will work as part of a defined team of therapy staff at the Neuro Rehabilitation centre at Goole and district hospital. You will be based within the Neurorehabilitation Centre (NRC) at Goole and District Hospitals (GDH). Here you will provide Occupational Therapy input for patients admitted for sub-acute rehabilitation following neurological injury/illness and for those requiring complex rehabilitation. In this role there is an opportunity to support individuals to reach their maximum potential and to support them with a safe discharge as part of a wider MDT. As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will provide a range of interventions to aid rehabilitation, maintenance and long term management, using your occupational therapy core skills, looking at activities of daily living, role, and routine, provide active rehabilitation, assistive devices and assessment for referral on for major adaptations where there is identified need. You will work as part of this integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and support staff. You will be expected to participate in all aspects of team work supporting triage of referrals, delegation of tasks and offering support to the wider team on specific issues within your skill set, alongside carrying your own caseload. ### Main duties of the job Perform advanced Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme. Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervise, educate and assess students, assistants and Band 5 staff and provide specialised advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area. Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further develop own clinical practice and development of the service area. Make recommendations on changes to practice to the clinical lead/manager. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below. As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees. We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues. We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients. We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/ In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement. “We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge and skills **Essential** - Experience of student/ staff supervision - Evidence of involvement in Quality Improvement activities e.g audit or service development activities - car driver **Desirable** - Evidence of working to support staff /students in relation to HR processes e.g absence management/ performance management ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy - Relevant accredited courses or experience to equivalent level - HCPC registration (or to be completed within next 6 months) **Desirable** - Evidence of Masters level study ### Occupational Experience and Abilities **Essential** - Variety of post-graduate experience in core clinical areas (min 1 year) - Evidence of a range of CPD activities associated with clinical area of post **Desirable** - Specific evidence of experience in the role related area. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10488299) - [person specification (pdf, 640.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10488300) ## 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.