Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
The Doncaster Older Adult mental health ward, Windermere Lodge, is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist with experience in mental health. This role involves providing inpatient care to patients aged 65+ with organic and functional mental illness. The therapist will support patients in engaging in meaningful occupations to promote mental and physical health, assist recovery, and achieve personal goals. This includes managing daily living skills, vocational and leisure opportunities, and community participation.
Essential criteria
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council.
- Practice Placement Educator Qualification
- Willingness to undertake post-graduate study relevant to service area
- Post registration experience in mental health services.
- Supervisory responsibility for staff.
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of a range of mental health settings and varied aspects of practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research, service evaluation and audit procedures.
- Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group
- Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
- Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
- Knowledge of principles of recovery, trauma informed practice and person centred approaches to care.
- Applied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA and risk assessment and management.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
- Detailed knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
- Ability to analyse and draw conclusions about professional and ethical issues.
- Extensive demonstrable clinical experience including individual and group work.
- Good communication skills - written and verbal.
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships.
- Problem solving abilities.
- Supervisory/appraisal skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Presentation skills.
- Education, training and facilitation skills
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council.
- Practice Placement Educator Qualification
- Willingness to undertake post-graduate study relevant to service area
- Post registration experience in mental health services.
- Supervisory responsibility for staff.
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of a range of mental health settings and varied aspects of practice
- Experience of research, service evaluation and audit procedures.
- Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group
- Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
- Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
- Knowledge of principles of recovery, trauma informed practice and person centred approaches to care.
- Applied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA and risk assessment and management.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
- Detailed knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
- Ability to analyse and draw conclusions about professional and ethical issues.
- Extensive demonstrable clinical experience including individual and group work.
- Good communication skills - written and verbal.
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships.
- Problem solving abilities.
- Supervisory/appraisal skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Presentation skills.
- Education, training and facilitation skills
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.
Posted 5d ago · Closes in 10d
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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
The Doncaster Older Adult mental health ward Windermere Lodge are looking to recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist who has experience of working within the specialism of mental health.
The ward is a 20 bedded mixed ward providing inpatient care to patients who are aged 65+ with both organic and functional mental illness. The role plays an integral part in ensuring that the whole multi-disciplinary team works to support patients to engage in meaningful occupations which promote good mental and physical health, assist recovery and help patients achieve their personal goals - such as being able to manage daily living skills, engage in vocational, leisure and educational opportunities and participate in community activities.
Main duties of the job
To carry out assessments and interventions, utilising the OT process, from initial assessment to discharge planning and evaluation.
Communicate complex, sensitive, distressing and contentious information effectively and compassionately with service users, carers, and staff in the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies.
To establish links with community mental health team occupational therapists and colleagues to ensure service users' ongoing occupational needs are addressed along with support to acce
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