Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in York is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to manage a complex caseload and deliver specialized interventions. The ideal candidate has experience in occupational therapy, particularly with individuals facing mental health challenges. You will play a key role in ensuring quality assessments and interventions, with support available to enhance your skills. This position does not provide visa sponsorship and requires a professional qualification in occupational therapy.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months post-qualifying experience in occupational therapy.
• Experience supporting individuals with mental health issues or learning disabilities.
• Experience in managing complex occupational therapy cases.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload independently assessing occupational performance.
• Deliver specialist occupational interventions.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.

Skills

Client-centred approach

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Professional qualification in occupational therapy

Current HCPC registration

Postgraduate training in relevant specialist area

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 22 October 2025

As a Senior Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will manage a complex caseload independently, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self care, productivity and leisure.

To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.

To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision

To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working

To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives

To use the Trust electronic patient record system

To abide by all Trust policies and procedures

To provide supervision to junior OT staff

To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges

About us

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team on Fixed Term or Secondment basis until September 2026 to cover maternity leave. The York/Selby Early Intervention in Psychosis Team is based within Huntington House covering the York and Selby area.

The multi-disciplinary team works with clients experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families to deliver assessment and treatment.

We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with people and their families.

You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in York and Selby in TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway linked to Psychosis and recovery, and offer input to individuals, their families and carers, in the community.

All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.

The ability to engage and communicate with individuals as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.

There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification for occupational therapy role
• Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body (HCPC)
• IELTS level 7 (SLT = 8) for International recruits
• Post graduate training in relevant specialist area

Knowledge

• Understanding of the needs of people who use our services with mental health conditions or learning disability
• Clinical risk assessment and application in practice
• Knowledge of evidencebased practice in designated specialist area
• Post graduate training in specialist area if applicable to post (e.g. dysphagia, autism diagnostics)
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of managing complex occupational therapy cases
• Awareness of professional standards and its application to practice

Experience

• Minimum 12 months post qualifying experience of occupational therapy delivery
• Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
• Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust