Specialist Occupational Therapist - Winter Escalation

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Shrewsbury is looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join their winter escalation ward. The role involves assessing and managing complex patients, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and providing mentorship to less experienced staff. The ideal candidate will have NHS experience and strong clinical and leadership skills. This position offers opportunities for professional development and is integral to providing excellent patient care within the community.

Qualifications

• Experience within NHS settings is essential.
• Ability to assess and manage complex patient caseloads.
• Strong leadership potential to support team training and development.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage a specialist caseload autonomously.
• Collaborate with team members to deliver high standards of patient care.
• Engage in service development and support training initiatives.

Skills

NHS experience

Clinical assessment skills

Autonomous practitioner skills

Leadership abilities

Dynamic and holistic approach

Job description

Vacancy at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to utilise and develop your clinical skills & leadership abilities? If so, our Specialist Occupational Therapy position may be perfect for you.

The successful candidate will work within the medical team on the winter escalation ward, which is expected to be open from December '25 to March '26.

You will work alongside other occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy support workers. The team covers care of the elderly, gastroenterology, respiratory and general medical wards. These wards are fast paced with a high turnover of patients, and would therefore require a dynamic and holistic individual.

All of our specialist Occupational Therapists receive supervision and mentorship from a member of our highly specialist team who will offer direction in terms of clinical and leadership development.

Informal conversations about this opportunity are welcome.

Please note that NHS experience is essential for this position.

• To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
• The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow that is safe and timely.
• To work closely with team managers and senior therapists to ensure a robust structure of training, supervision and appraisal is delivered to all members within the team.
• To act as a source of Specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health service.
• Engage or lead on projects to develop services and learning opportunities for others including band 5's, assistant practitioners, support staff and students as well as celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and MDT teams.

The Therapy centre is committed to the SaTH’s overall vision to provide excellent care for the communities we serve. As a member of the Therapy Services Team your contribution to the profession of Occupational Therapy will be integral in enabling patients to receive holistic assessment to enable them to recover and be discharged from the hospital environment.

We believe in developing clinical and leadership skills at all levels and support all our specialist Occupational Therapists in time dedicated to supporting professional activity (SPA). Your SPA time will include and is not limited to: clinical supervision, opportunity to attend internal and external training relevant to your role and career aspirations and participation in service development opportunities.

Please see separate information attached for more information regarding our offer including our Occupational therapy training and development pathway, strategy and career development structure.

With excellent transport links to our beautiful and diverse counties Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin offers great lifestyle opportunities as well as a friendly, family feel.

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack.

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Dec 2025.