Rotational Occupational Therapist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in the UK seeks an enthusiastic Rotational Occupational Therapist to join their team. The role involves working across King's Mill Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital, providing services to inpatients and outpatients. Candidates will rotate between various departments every six months, gaining broad experience in occupational therapy. The Trust offers excellent training, support for newly qualified staff, and a commitment to patient care. Applications from overseas candidates are welcome if they have professional registration.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Supportive and welcoming environment

Robust supervision structures

Responsibilities

• Rotate between different OT departments at Kings Mill, Mansfield and Ashfield Community hospitals.
• Provide occupational therapy services to inpatients and outpatients.

Skills

Broad experience in general occupational therapy application

Knowledge of underpinning theory and professional standards

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy or Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Evidence of further study

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rotational Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Are you looking for your first occupational therapy position, or wanting to further develop your skills?

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are currently seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Band 5 Occupational Therapy Rotation Programme. You'll have the opportunity to work across our King's Mill Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital sites.

Our Therapy Services Team provides Occupational Therapy services to both inpatients and outpatients at this Acute Foundation Trust. Our rotation programme spans six months and covers a range of services, including Acute Inpatient Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Hand Therapy, Stroke, Community Services, Healthcare for the Elderly, and Paediatrics.

We take pride in being a friendly team working in a supportive and welcoming environment. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, robust supervision structures, and well‑equipped staff facilities.

The successful candidate will be part of our rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapy team, with rotations every six months in the following key areas: Neurology, Urgent and Emergency Care, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Healthcare for the Elderly, and Hand Therapy.

We provide comprehensive staff development and training sessions, including personalized development plans. We also offer full support to newly qualified staff during their preceptorship.

We welcome applications from overseas candidates, but professional registration is a requirement.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as "outstanding" for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only "outstanding" NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Underpinning theory and professional knowledge acquired through diploma/degree

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy or Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of further study

Experience

• Broad experience in general occupational therapy application
• Supplemented by short courses and CPD

Contractual Requirement

• Rotate between different OT departments at Kings Mill, Mansfield and Ashfield Community hospitals / PCTs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust