# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/83200906-6baa-406c-a8a1-1854a51ae2a4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/83200906-6baa-406c-a8a1-1854a51ae2a4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Lawrence Road Surgery - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (six-month fixed-term contract) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (to include weekend working) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T13:36:18.927Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Clay_Cross/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8340919 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8340919?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced occupational therapist to work on Alton Ward at Clay Cross Hospital, with the expectation of also supporting the locality’s Rapid Response Service. Alton Ward is part of the pathway two service providing complex discharge planning and rehabilitation to patients within a community hospital setting. Our wider Rapid Response Services are a multi-disciplinary team, providing person-centred holistic care to patients with a wide variety of health conditions. As a clinician you are required to hold a clinical caseload, along with line management and support for junior staff. Due to the nature of the role, applicants must be able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. ### Main duties of the job Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for patients in a community hospital ward, supporting rehabilitation, functional recovery, discharge planning and safe transitions of care. Complete complex assessments, formulate person-centred treatment plans, assess equipment and care needs, and manage clinical risk. Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, including nursing, physiotherapy, medical teams and Adult Social Care colleagues, to coordinate timely and safe discharges. Liaise with patients, families, carers and external agencies, contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, and advocate for patient-centred outcomes. Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior staff and students, while contributing to service development, audit, quality improvement, safeguarding, risk management, accurate documentation and evidence-based practice. An additional duty would be to support the wider Rapid Response Service, providing urgent care, falls recovery, as well as triage and timely assessment to support patients in the community and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. If you are passionate about providing high quality, therapeutic care to your patients, can lead by example, are able to prioritise, deliver great quality patient care and are a great communicator then we want to hear from you. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Access to transport is essential for this post, as you will be expected to travel around various areas of Derbyshire in order to carry out required duties - Able to work weekends and bank holidays ### Education **Essential** - Diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy - HCPC registered - Previous relevant clinical experience at Band 5 level or above - APPLE accreditation - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Leadership / management course ### Experience **Essential** - Case Management experience - Proven clinical expertise, knowledge and experience of implementing service improvement - Good understanding of the National Health Agenda / Relevant national standards **Desirable** - Community experience working with older adults - In-patient experience - Clinical supervision training - Recruitment and selection training - Specialist skills eg falls, neuro, rehab ## Documents - [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565) - [band 6 occupational therapist (pdf, 265.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665010) ## 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.