Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job overview

Are you someone who is passionate about providing high quality patient care?

Are you looking for a new challenge to extend your experience in healthcare support work?

If the answer is yes, then you are the person we are looking for to come & join the over 70 members of staff currently working within the Occupational Therapy Service at NNUH who share your passion.

Due to departmental restructuring, we are looking for an enthusiastic & motivated Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our large and multiskilled workforce and help us ensure that we meet the Trust’s vision to provide the best care for every patient.

We will support you to develop current/ new skills with access to in-service training and professional development.  You will receive supervision and annual appraisal; have access to peer support and encouragement to take an active role within your own continuing professional development.

If you are enthusiastic, forward thinking and wish to deliver high quality patient care, then we would love to welcome you into our team.

If you would like to find out more about this or other opportunities within the Occupational Therapy service then please get in touch -  contact Emma Dix, Therapy Lead on 01603 646073, [email protected]

• r Sallyann Palmer, Therapy Lead on 01603 288697, [email protected]

Main duties of the job

As post holder, you will:

• be seeing your own list of patients either alone under the direction of a qualified OT or working with another qualified member of the team
• carry out day to day non-clinical tasks as needed to facilitate the smooth running of department processes
• maintain your own professional standards of intervention with patients and staff alike, adhering to our PRIDE values at all times
• gain knowledge of a wide variety of different acute conditions and how they impact on peoples’ day to day lives

You will have:

• exposure to and the opportunity to learn to work with  diverse patient groups across various specialisms, with support and training to develop.
• access to regular and culturally embedded supervision with more experienced members of the therapy team, as well as very close working and learning links with the MDT and other professionals within and without the Trust.
• the potential to work across both inpatient and outpatient areas as part of a large multiskilled department.

Full and Part time hours available

Interview Date: 30th April 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:

• Undertake delegated work to assist the Occupational Therapists in providing therapy within the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct of the College of Occupational Therapists.
• To assist Occupational Therapists on the wards, in the OT department or in the patient’s home as necessary.
• To work to set protocols or written treatment programmes
• To have a basic understanding of clinical conditions and terminology
• To demonstrate an awareness of patient consent.
• To establish and maintain appropriate therapeutic relationships with patients and carers incorporating motivation encouragement and confidence building
• To communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, carers and families and to show and awareness in relation to sensitive issues and to deal with difficult situations as appropriate.
• To be aware of barriers to effective communication, e.g. hearing loss, altered perception, expressive and receptive dysphasia, dementing illness, cognitive impairment, memory loss, aggression and anxiety, pain and fear and to use clear and effective verbal/ non-verbal communication as appropriate.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.