Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Occupational Therapist role involves providing skilled assessments, treatment, and advice to adult patients on the Acute Frailty Hub. The post holder will take a leading role in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment goal formulation, as well as advising patients, carers, families, and other agencies. They will also provide daily leadership within the Multi-Disciplinary Team, ensuring a quality occupational therapy service and contributing to timely patient discharge.
Key responsibilities
- Assess patients for their potential for rehabilitation and suggest therapy goals.
- Manage a rehabilitation clinical caseload alongside others within the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide a quality occupational therapy service to patients on the Frailty unit.
- Ensure a range of therapies are on offer daily to patients including group activities and one to one interventions.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner, professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of a caseload.
- Provide daily clinical leadership and operational management support to the other members of the MDT.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Post graduate experience within a health care setting
- Post graduate experience of working with complex medical and long term conditions
- Experience in working within a multidisciplinary team
- Post graduate experience and knowledge in 3 or more of areas i.e. orthopaedics, amputees, care of the elderly, neurology and Intermediate care.
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and computer skills
- Able to demonstrate the implementation of the OT process effectively.
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to delegate tasks appropriately
- Ability to recognise own abilities and limitations
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role
- Ability to work flexibly with excellent time management and self-discipline
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Ability to translate the national and local agenda to own working and to participate in shaping and implementing the vision for the future development of the Intermediate care services. o
- Ability to demonstrate a contribution to personal and team continued professional development and a commitment to evidenced based practice.
- Willingness to undertake the training required to carry out the job
- Willingness to abide by the Tameside and Glossop Integrated care organisation policies and procedures
- Ability to understand own abilities and potential to use this to overcome obstacles to build teams, secure best outcomes for service improvements. ? ?
- Ability to understand own limitations, style and emotions and those of others and be clear about the impact of such behaviours in diverse and complex situations.
- Ability to demonstrate a clear and positive value base both personally and on behalf of the Trust and understand the interplay of this within NHS Code of Conduct
- Ability to exhibit a deep motivation to improve performance in the health service.
Desirable criteria
- Member of appropriate specialist interest group
- Experience in working in Intermediate care
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
JOB SUMMARY:
The post holder will provide skilled occupational therapy assessments, treatment and advice to adult patients on theAcute Frailty Hub. They will undertake a leading role in the assessment, diagnosis and formulation of therapy treatmentgoals as well as advising and treating patients, carers, families and staff of other agencies. The post holder will also providedaily leadership within the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) with other therapists, nursing staff, Technical Instructors, HealthCare Therapy Assistants, students and other health professionals visiting the unit.
Main duties of the job
Assess patients for their potential for rehabilitation and suggest therapy goalsManage a rehabilitation clinical caseload alongside others within the multidisciplinary team.Provide a quality occupational therapy service to patients on the Frailty unit.Ensure a range of therapies are on offer daily to patients including group activities and one to one interventions.Ensure professional and legal standards are maintained.Liaise with other members of the MDT to ensure that the intermediate care service contributes to timely and appropriate patient discharge home.Contribute to the Trust objective to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring a
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