Senior Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity is available for a Senior Occupational Therapist at Harplands Hospital, part of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust. The role involves delivering patient-centered care and working as part of a multidisciplinary team to enhance the health and wellbeing of adults. Applicants should possess relevant qualifications and experience in occupational therapy to contribute positively to service delivery and patient outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to sustainability and wellness

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Occupational Therapy required.
• Registration with Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency.
• Post-graduate experience in the role essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-focused care and assessments.
• Manage and prioritize a designated caseload.
• Teach and support team members and students.

Skills

Patient centered care

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Go back North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 16 July 2025

Senior Occupational Therapist - Ward 3, Harplands Hospital:

We are currently looking for a dynamic and dedicated Senior Occupational Therapist to provide support for Ward 3 at the Harplands Hospital. You will have responsibility for the delivery of patient focused individualized care. The team is multi-disciplinary, comprising nurses, medical staff, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist.

Main duties of the job

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and enablement of adults. To provide specialist assessment and interventions to identify and address occupational performance needs in self-care, productivity and leisure/play to support the development of life long independent living skills. The service is wholly committed to working with adults and their families and carers using Person Centred Planning approaches and affording opportunities to maximize full citizenship, choice and control. The Occupational Therapist has a lead role in promoting, enhancing and maintaining the health and wellbeing of adults.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

Participate in the development of and services.

Participate in the development and provision of the Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.

To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.

Effectively manage and prioritise a designated caseload.

Will be required to teach staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members.

To actively promote and maintain effective communication between multi-disciplinary/agency professionals across agencies to ensure co-ordinated and high quality care for adults an d families.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.

Qualifications

• Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration.

Experience

• Post graduate experience within the role of Occupational Therapist.

Experience

• Ability to work single-handedly without direct supervision

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata