Location
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Profession
Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
30 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
18 Jun 2025

Job overview

Senior Occupational Therapist – Ward 3, Harplands Hospital:

We are currently looking for a dynamic and dedicated Senior Occupational Therapist to provide support for Ward 3 at the Harplands Hospital. You will have responsibility for the delivery of patient focused individualized care.   The team is multi-disciplinary, comprising nurses, medical staff, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist.

Main duties of the job

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and enablement of adults. To provide specialist assessment and interventions to identify and address occupational performance needs in self-care, productivity and leisure/play to support the development of life long independent living skills. The service is wholly committed to working with adults and their families and carers using Person Centred Planning approaches and affording opportunities to maximize full citizenship, choice and control. The Occupational Therapist has a lead role in promoting, enhancing and maintaining the health and wellbeing of adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Participate in the development of and services.
  • Participate in the development and provision of the Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.
  • To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.
  • Effectively manage and prioritise a designated caseload.
  • Will be required to teach staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members.
  • To actively promote and maintain effective communication between multi-disciplinary/agency professionals across agencies to ensure co-ordinated and high quality care for adults an d families.