Specialist Occupational Therapist - Medicine/Surgery

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Nottingham seeks a full-time Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Medicine and Surgery team. The role involves managing complex cases, providing rehabilitation, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates must have a relevant qualification and HCPC registration. This permanent position offers opportunities for professional development and contribution to service improvement.

Benefits

Ongoing learning and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously and support team members.
• Flexibility to adapt to new ways of working.
• Experience in an acute inpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Support allocation and prioritisation of caseloads.
• Engage in complex case management and discharge planning.
• Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Complex case management

Rehabilitation skills

Leadership qualities

Effective communication

Education

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Medicine/Surgery

The closing date is 29 September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an existing band 6 or experienced band 5 to join the Medicine and Surgery Occupational Therapy Team, based at QMC. This is a full-time, permanent, static post.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is committed to further improving their clinical skills and who puts excellent quality care at the heart of their practice. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate experience of complex case management, rehabilitation skills, and leadership qualities.

The successful candidate will join a supportive team who promote the importance of ongoing learning and development. There will be opportunity to contribute to service development.

We are proud to be a referral-based generalist team, providing OT input to a variety of specialities including general medicine, vascular surgery, respiratory, gynaecology, surgical admissions, ENT and Maxillo-facial surgery, hepatobiliary, colorectal and gastro including specialist feeding unit. Recent complex patients have included individuals with Functional neurological disorder, drug and alcohol excess and complex psychosocial factors.

Our team also provides the unique opportunity to work with new and established vascular lower limb amputees, including recovery and rehabilitation, wheelchair provision and access and discharge visits within the patient\'s home environment.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details. Key duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting with allocation and prioritisation of caseloads
• Complex case management and discharge planning
• Goal setting and rehabilitation
• Working as an integrated part of the MDT, across specialties, including joint working
• Providing clinical support to members of the team
• Providing supervision to more junior staff (e.g. band 5, support workers)
• Promoting and supporting professional development of team members
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in all clinical areas
• Working with band 7\'s and other senior staff to develop the service and encourage evidence based practice
• Engaging in and leading in-service training, as well as providing education to wards and promotion of the OT role
• Deputising for band 7\'s when required

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will demonstrate excellent core occupational therapy skills in assessment and intervention.

A willingness to learn and develop further, both clinically and professionally, is essential. The successful applicant must have an open mind to new ways of working and be flexible, dynamic, and forward thinking. Strong leadership qualities are essential in this post.

You will demonstrate an ability to work autonomously and provide support to other members of the team including; peers, Band 5 OTs (including preceptees), support workers, and students. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work flexibly to support the needs of the service.

Full time, permanent role 37.5 hours per week,

Core hours are worked 8am-4pm, Monday Friday.

Additional duties will include participation in weekend working. Weekends are rostered with expected frequency of approx. 2 every 6 months (note frequency may increase dependent on service need and staffing levels)

Please familiarise yourself with the attached job description and personal specification for detail specific to this post

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist
• Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities

Experience

• Experience of working within an acute inpatient setting
• Experience of using evidenced based practice to inform own practice and that of others
• Previous NHS experience

Communication and relationship skills

• Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
• Able to communicate patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors.
• Able to effectively use a range of written and verbal communication skills with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating eg. Patients may be dysphasic, deaf, who may be unable to accept diagnosis or have terminal illness

Analytical and judgement skills

• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of junior OT staff and support staff
• Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of complex wheelchair patients
• Independently work through the OT process with patients requiring a permanent wheelchair

Planning and organisation skills

• Able to plan own clinical activity to meet clinical needs of patients when demand exceeds capacity
• Able to make judgements about the prioritising of caseloads when demand exceeds capacity and to support junior and support staff in this process

Physical skills

• Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes safe wheelchair positioning, maximising patient ability

Other requirements specific to

• Flexibility to work elsewhere in Therapies or as required across both campuses
• Flexible working schedules including participation in weekend rosters where required

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.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts