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The closing date is 13 October 2025

Are you passionate about preventing hospital admissions and optimising functional performance for your patients in a fast-paced clinical area? If so, this could be the role for you!

The Humber Health Partnership is looking to recruit a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist for the Rapid Response team at Hull Royal Infirmary.

The post holder will work alongside colleagues to support the assessment of need across a range of clinical conditions with varying degrees of complexity. As a skilled therapist you will have direct input into the assessment and treatment of patients, delivering evidence-based interventions to facilitate recovery, prevent deconditioning, promote well being and optimise independent functioning as far as reasonably possible in all areas of life; with a focus on facilitating timely discharges and preventing hospital admissions in the most acute clinical areas in the Trust.

We are seeking applicants with at least 12 months UK experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist, who can demonstrate a sound clinical foundation in practice and is ready to make the step up to a Band 6 role. Applicants should be able to adapt quickly to changing work environments and work well within a team. You will be expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and build networks to enable appropriate partnerships with other agencies involved in patient care to both identify and address immediate and ongoing needs.

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the Ground Floor late shift rota until 8pm, utilising core assessment skills and positive risk taking to facilitate patient movement across the organisation.

The post holder will able to assess in an effective and timely manner within a rapid paced environment. Confidence in enabling patients in personalised care, assessment of capacity, cognitive assessments, manual handling, and functional assessments will be enhanced and nurtured within this role.

Support will be provided to enhance operational management skills and the post holders will be supported to contribute to service planning, development and teaching. As a Senior Therapist, the post holder will aspire to be a role model for their team and pride themselves on delivering high quality care, motivating their team to do the same.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Accredited student educator from UK-based higher education institution

• At least 12 months experience working as a qualified OT in the UK
• Demonstrable evidence of relevant acute healthcare/NHS clinical experience at band 5/band 6 level in the UK
• Evidence of supporting junior staff/students as part of current/recent role
• Demonstrable knowledge of NHS patient flow policies and procedures

• Evidence of ability to demonstrate carrying a complex OT caseload in acute clinical settings
• Ability to evidence competencies in clinical practice - for example (but not limited to) - moving and handling, wheelchair/ seating assessment, cognitive assessment
• Member of relevant RCOT special interest group or equivalent
• Working knowledge of local prescribing policy and practices for community equipment services
• Driver or has means to transport self in community

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust