# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/a5a69a2c-77f5-42d8-b4b8-6608819606b0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/a5a69a2c-77f5-42d8-b4b8-6608819606b0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Lawton House, Trust Headquarters - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (To cover maternity leave) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-08T10:01:33.045Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stoke_on_Trent/North_Staffordshire_Combined_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Senior_Occupational_Therapist/Senior_Occupational_Therapist-v8229061 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8229061?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.combined.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 Older Persons within the Acute and Urgent Care Directorate. To provide specialist assessment and interventions to identify and address occupational performance needs in self-care, productivity and leisure to support the safe and effective assessment and discharge of patients. The service is wholly committed to working with older people and their families and carers using Person Centred Planning approaches and affording older person’s with mental health or cognitive decline the opportunities to maximize independence, choice and control. The Occupational Therapist has a lead role in promoting, enhancing and maintaining the health and wellbeing of older people with a mix of complex health needs. ### Main duties of the job To provide high-quality occupational therapy assessment and intervention for adults aged 65 years and over with cognitive impairment admitted to Ward 4, a 15-bedded Discharge to Assess (D2A) ward. The post holder will play a key role in supporting safe, timely, and person-centred discharge planning, ensuring patients are discharged to the least restrictive environment with appropriate support in place. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key Duties/Responsibilities - Be a member of the Ward 4 Older Person’s Team, demonstrating the ability to make decisions and influence the development of services, and work with clients in a variety of health / community settings. - Participate in the development of an evolving Acute and Urgent Care service. -Participate in the development and provision of the Older Person’s 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 patients and their families. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based interventions and how these relate to this post. - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. - Possess good written communication skills to maintain clear, concise, contemporaneous records and the ability to write reports - Has received training (either formal or through experience) in carrying out risk assessments within scope of practice - Computer literate - Demonstrates an understanding and ability to evaluate using audit, research and outcome measures. - Has a clear working knowledge of the application of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, College of Occupational Therapy Professional Standards **Desirable** - Awareness of national and local policies and how these impact on service provision ### Experience **Essential** - Post graduate experience within the role of Occupational Therapist. - Knowledge of current best practice in older persons Occupational Therapy - Ability to work single-handedly without direct supervision - Experience of working in clinical practice and demonstrate ability to be responsible for own caseload. - Use of functional assessment and activity analysis. - Experience of supervising students and junior members of staff - Demonstrate an ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance **Desirable** - Experience of working with older persons and their families - Experience of working with individuals with a complex mix of comorbidities - Experience in facilitating group work and project management. - Experience of working with clients who have a sensory impairment ### Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy. - Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration. - Evidence of post registration training **Desirable** - Evidence of an ability to implement a broad range of therapeutic interventions ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 385.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10539687) - [nhs pension (pdf, 97.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1216) - [employee benefits (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2653) - [why work at nscht (pdf, 689.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1217) ## 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.