Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 28 May 2025

Job summary

Are you seeking a unique opportunity to enhance your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills while advancing your career? If so, we have an exciting rotational position that can support your learning in various clinical areas.

This opportunity allows you to join our dynamic and evolving therapy teams at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust. Currently, the Band 6 rotation encompasses Health Care of the Older Person, Amputees, Orthopaedics, Medical wards, and Surgery wards. Regardless of your placement, you will be an integral part of the therapy team, helping prevent patient admissions to the hospital and maximizing their chances of staying at home through timely therapy interventions and treatments.

As a member of the broader therapy team, your responsibility will be to provide a high-standard specialist occupational therapy service with a primary focus on preventing hospital admissions, delivering prompt therapy treatments, and facilitating timely hospital discharges.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7171567

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Person Specification

Contractual

Essential

  • Flexible working, including 7 day working which will include late shifts.

Desirable

  • Ability to drive

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Sound Clinical knowledge of medical conditions and applied occupational therapy techniques
  • Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
  • Delegation skills
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
  • Ability to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
  • IT skills
  • Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
  • Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills

Qualifications-Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

  • BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • Registration with HCPC

Desirable

  • Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists

Further Training

Essential

  • Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level
  • Practice Placement Educators training

Desirable

  • APPLE Accreditation training

Experience

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students
Person Specification

Contractual

Essential

  • Flexible working, including 7 day working which will include late shifts.

Desirable

  • Ability to drive

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Sound Clinical knowledge of medical conditions and applied occupational therapy techniques
  • Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
  • Delegation skills
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
  • Ability to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
  • IT skills
  • Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
  • Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills

Qualifications-Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

  • BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • Registration with HCPC

Desirable

  • Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists

Further Training

Essential

  • Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level
  • Practice Placement Educators training

Desirable

  • APPLE Accreditation training

Experience

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Therapy Operational Manager

Chris Williams

christopher.williams9@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7171567

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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