Senior Occupational Therapist (Urgent and Emergency Care Team)

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist for the Urgent and Emergency Care Therapy Team. The role involves supporting team members and working on complex patient care to prevent hospital admissions. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in occupational therapy, along with the ability to manage and supervise others. A competitive salary and flexible working conditions are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising other staff and/or students.
• NHS experience with policies and procedures.
• Experience with audit and service review.

Responsibilities

• Support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
• Complete supervision with the Band 5 OTs.
• Work on service development projects.

Skills

Sound Clinical knowledge

Ability to prioritize

Teamwork skills

Knowledge of NHS procedures

Clinical reasoning skills

Education

BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Registration with HCPC

Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist (Urgent and Emergency Care Team)

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are looking to recruit a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Urgent and Emergency Care Therapy Team. The team work in a fast paced environment, preventing admissions to the hospital, supporting with complex discharges and working within the Frailty Intervention Team. The team covers the Emergency Department, Emergency Assessment Unit and the Short Stay Ward. Within your role you will support Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, be a student educator, complete supervision with the Band 5 OTs and help with the day to day running of the team. You will be encouraged to work on service development projects as we strive to continually improve the team for the patients, the service we provide and for the team. The team covers a seven day service, working between 8-7. There is an expectation that everyone will work a weekend a month and their fair share of the bank holidays throughout the year. Apply now to join our team!

The closing date is 20 November 2025

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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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Sound Clinical knowledge of medical conditions and applied occupational therapy techniques
• Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
• Ability 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

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC
• Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists

Further Training

• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level
• APPLE Accreditation training

Experience

• Completion of postgraduate junior rotation to include a rotation in medicine
• Broad understanding of occupational therapy process and frameworks.
• Experience of audit and service review
• Experience of supervising other staff and/or students
• NHS experience including knowledge of policies and procedures
• Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual Requirements

• Flexible working, including 7 day working which will include late shifts
• Ability to drive

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

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata