Senior Occupational Therapist

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stafford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist. This role involves working across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas, including Palliative Care and Orthopaedics. The ideal candidate will have strong teamwork skills, a relevant degree, and at least 18 months of post-graduate experience. The position promotes flexible working arrangements, ensuring a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for health and wellbeing

Full time and part time hours available

Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist.
• Experience gained within an acute NHS setting.
• Trained clinical educator.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across specialist inpatient and outpatient areas.
• Work in Palliative Care, Frail Elderly, Emergency Portals, and Orthopaedics.

Skills

Experience of audits

Experience of supporting/supervising staff

Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change

Acts to support and enable effective teamwork

Education

Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Registered with HCPC

CPD relevant to speciality area

Job description

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 13 October 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Directorate at the University Hospitals of North Midlands. The post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital based at County Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post rotates across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas which include:

• 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.

About us

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park. Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• CPD relevant to speciality area

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist
• Experience of audits
• Experience of supporting/supervising staff
• Experience gained within an acute NHS setting
• Experience of relevant speciality area
• Trained clinical educator

Personal Qualities

• Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change
• Acts to support and enable effective teamwork

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.