Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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 role involves working as an Occupational Therapist within the Home First pathway, focusing on preventing hospital admissions and facilitating discharges. You will assess and treat patients with long-term conditions and palliative care needs in the community. The position requires developing and delivering specialist Occupational Therapy services and contributing to service development within the Doncaster Community Therapy Service.
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- To have completed the L'APPLE course
- Management/Leadership qualification.
- Demonstrable clinical Occupational Therapy experience including community working
- Formal supervision of staff
- To have a full understanding of the current NHS issues and initiatives, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance
- To have an understanding of adaptive equipment and minor adaptations
- Ability to give and receive instructions to people with a variety of communication abilities.
- Ability to work in a team
- Good interpersonal skills and empathy
- Effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Will have completed the L'APPLE course and have taken Occupational Therapy students
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
- To have completed the L'APPLE course
- Management/Leadership qualification.
- Demonstrable clinical Occupational Therapy experience including community working
- Formal supervision of staff
- To have a full understanding of the current NHS issues and initiatives, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance
- To have an understanding of adaptive equipment and minor adaptations
- Ability to give and receive instructions to people with a variety of communication abilities.
- Ability to work in a team
- Good interpersonal skills and empathy
- Effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Will have completed the L'APPLE course and have taken Occupational Therapy students
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 2d ago · Closes in 13d
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Job summary
To work within the Home First pathway with a view to ensuring that patients remain in their home environment.
To work in the community with patients who have long term conditions and/or palliative care needs.
To assess and treat patients whilst following the Occupational Therapy process.
Main duties of the job
To develop and deliver specialist Occupational Therapy for people with long term conditions and palliative care needs within the community.
To work within the Doncaster Community Therapy Service to deliver the Home First model to people in the Doncaster area, to prevent hospital admissions and accelerate hospital discharges.
To assess individual patient's needs, set and implement treatment plans and long term condition management for patients linking with primary, secondary and tertiary care, using a coordinated approach.
To contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy role within the Occupational Therapy Service by working across boundaries and inter agency working.
As part of a team, initiate research based practice and monitor the quality of the service being provided.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability
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