# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/9198565d-fefd-4119-af2c-d23918e395b7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/9198565d-fefd-4119-af2c-d23918e395b7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northumbria House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (24.5 hours) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 24.5 hours per week (Will include weekends and bank holidays, shift pattern includes 8am starts and 8pm finishes.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T09:44:52.925Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Seaton_Delaval_Whitley_Bay/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Community_OT/Senior_Community_OT-v8260880 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8260880?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Senior Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave on a fixed term contract for 12 months. This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic developing team and be at the cutting edge of delivering acute care to patients in their own home. The Community Response Service team facilitates early discharges from hospital, who otherwise would have stayed in hospital due to therapy needs, and provide rehab for up to 2 weeks to meet the short-term goals for them to be able to remain at home. They work with the virtual ward teams and other teams within Community Response Service to provide assessments to those who are at risk of hospital admission. You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team and have opportunities to work individually and with Physiotherapists, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists and other Associate Therapy Practitioners. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. ### Main duties of the job - To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints. - To deliver a comprehensive service for a complex case load. - To manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. - To assess for and monitor the provision of adaptations when appropriate. - To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the specialist field. - To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals. - To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups. - To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Team across Northumbria Healthcare Trust. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re admission to hospital - To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager. - To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re admission to hospital. - Managerially responsible to Team Lead - Clinically responsible to clinical OT Lead. - To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries. - To demonstrate time management skills by day-to-day planning, organising, and completing all clinical and administrative duties including statistical record keeping. - To work to the standards of individual clinical areas and to ensure the background knowledge is acquired through independent learning and collaboration with senior staff. - To participate and support a 7 day service covering hours of 8-8. - To participate in the in-service training programmes and continuing professional development activities as deemed appropriate by the team lead. - To be flexible to the needs of service delivery and provide care across Northumberland and North Tyneside. ### 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 requirements **Essential** - It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role ### Experience and knowledge **Essential** - Documented evidence of continuing professional development - Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work - Experience and working understanding of audit procedures **Desirable** - Experience of O.T. practice in varied settings - Experience of research procedures - Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools - Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods ### Qualifications / Professional Registration **Essential** - Degree in O.T. - State registered with Health Care Professions Council - Practice placement qualification ## Documents - [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867) - [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899) - [com1066 senior occupational therapist jd&ps (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586891) ## 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.