Senior Occupational Therapist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join their Integrated Stroke Unit. In this role, you will be integral to the multidisciplinary team, providing patient-centred care throughout the inpatient stroke pathway. Responsibilities include assessing and treating patients with complex needs, ensuring high-quality outcomes, and developing clinical skills within a supportive environment. This position offers a chance to impact recovery phases significantly. Apply now to join a respected team in a community-focused setting.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Occupational Therapist working with stroke patients.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat, and facilitate discharge of patients with complex needs.
• Deliver care across the stroke pathway.
• Work collaboratively within the team to enhance patient outcomes.
• Support continuous improvement in patient care.

Skills

Assessment and treatment

Person-centred care

Communication skills

Collaboration within MDT

Job description

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!

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

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.

This advert closes on Thursday 1 Jan 2026