Senior Occupational Therapist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist for its Integrated Stroke Unit at King's Mill Hospital. The position plays a crucial role in helping patients recover from strokes by working within a dedicated multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant qualifications like a BSc in Occupational Therapy and experience in the NHS. This is a full-time role with opportunities for professional development and impact across key patient care areas.

Qualifications

• Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques.
• Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio.
• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat, and facilitate discharge of patients with complex needs.
• Deliver care across the stroke pathway, from hyperacute through to rehabilitation recovery.
• Support continuous improvement in patient care through effective communication.

Skills

Clinical knowledge of core conditions

Ability to prioritise & work under pressure

Autonomous practitioner

Knowledge of NHS procedures

Clinical reasoning skills

Education

BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy

Registration with HCPC

Membership of relevant Professional Body

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Sherwood Forest Hospitals have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Stroke Unit at King's Mill Hospital.

As a key senior clinician within a dedicated multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will play a vital role in delivering outstanding outcomes for patients recovering from stroke. This position offers the chance to work across the full inpatient stroke pathway, including hyperacute, acute, and rehabilitation recovery phases - providing a breadth of clinical experience and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, treat, and facilitate discharge of patients with complex needs, ensuring person-centred care.
• Deliver care across the stroke pathway, from hyperacute through to rehabilitation recovery.
• Work collaboratively within the MDT, contributing to high-quality patient outcomes.
• Support continuous improvement in patient care through effective communication and organisation.
• Develop clinical and leadership skills within a forward-thinking and supportive environment.

Apply now to join our team!

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.

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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

• Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques
• Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
• As an autonomous practitioner, is able to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
• Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
• Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills based on current best practice

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC
• Membership of relevant Professional Body
• Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio

Further

• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level and relevant to all core specialities
• Practice Placement Educators training / clinical supervisors training
• Leadership Training

Experience

• NHS experience
• Completion of junior and senior Rotational Programme(s) (minimum of 18 months in each), or equivalent, working in a wide variety of acute and chronic physical settings
• Experience of working with a variety of therapeutic approaches
• Experience of audit and service review
• Experience of supervising other staff and students
• Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual

• Ability to travel between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital
• Ability to drive
• Car owner

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