Senior Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Department at University Hospitals of North Midlands. This role offers the opportunity to work across various specialist inpatient and outpatient areas, including Critical Care, Palliative Care, Frail Elderly, Emergency Portals, Medicine, and Orthopaedics. The position involves early rehabilitation, cognitive and functional assessments, discharge planning, and equipment provision. It is a fixed-term, full-time role based at Royal Stoke.
Essential criteria
- Degree/Dilpoma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- CPD relevant to speciality area
- Minimum of 18 months post-graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience gained in an acute setting
- Demonstratable experience of complex discharge planning
- NHS experience
- 2-4 years post graduate experience
- Skills, Ability and Knowledge
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of audits
- Clinical Educator
- Experience across a wide range of clinical settings, acute, community, MH
- Experience of cognitive assessments
- Education & Qualifications
- Degree/Dilpoma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
- CPD relevant to speciality area
- Minimum of 18 months post-graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience gained in an acute setting
- Demonstratable experience of complex discharge planning
- NHS experience
- 2-4 years post graduate experience
- Skills, Ability and Knowledge
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of audits
- Clinical Educator
- Experience across a wide range of clinical settings, acute, community, MH
- Experience of cognitive assessments
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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Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Department at the University Hospitals of North Midlands.
The post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital based on the two hospital sites of The Royal Stoke and County Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post rotates across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas which include:
- Critical Care - early rehabilitation of trauma, surgical, medial and neurological patients, including cognitive assessment, functional assessment, splinting and casting.
- Palliative Care - oncology/renal conditions, fast track D/C planning & complex manual handling assessments & equipment provision. Long term life limiting conditions and challenging conversations.
- Frail Elderly - frailty management, patients with dementia, falls management, complex discharge planning.
- Emergency Portals - rapid decision making in relation to d/c planning and equipment provision & admission avoidance. Working across A+E and same day discharge wards.
- Medicine - wide range of medical conditions including Non-Invasive Ventilation, MND, Cardiology & post Critical Care Step down, complex d/c planning, specific knowledge in seating wheelchairs.
- Orthopaedics - At County we also offer input to elective orthopaedics supporting complex discharges.
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