Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 19 November 2025

Job summary

Exciting Opportunity: Occupational Therapist - Stroke Therapy Team, King's Mill Hospital!

Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated occupational therapist with a passion for stroke rehabilitation? We are looking for a dedicated professional to join our inpatient Stroke Therapy Team at King's Mill Hospital.

Join us at a pivotal time as we further develop our team and strengthen our commitment to delivering outstanding outcomes for patients recovering from stroke across Mid Nottinghamshire. You'll work alongside specialist clinicians in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, supporting patients with hyper acute, acute, and rehabilitation needs.

What We Offer:

  • A purpose-builtstroke unitandtherapy gymdesigned to support high-quality rehabilitation
  • A collaborative and forward-thinking team environment
  • Opportunities to develop your clinical expertise

This is a static band 5 post and would suit a clinician who wishes to further consolidate their knowledge and skills in stroke care.

If you're ready to make a real impact and grow your career in a supportive and innovative NHS Trust, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details

Date posted

06 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7458723

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy or Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with HCPC

Contractual

Desirable

  • Car driver

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Underpinning theory and professional knowledge acquired through diploma/degree

Experience

Essential

  • Broad experience in general occupational therapy application

Desirable

  • Supplemented by short courses and CPD
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy or Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with HCPC

Contractual

Desirable

  • Car driver

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Underpinning theory and professional knowledge acquired through diploma/degree

Experience

Essential

  • Broad experience in general occupational therapy application

Desirable

  • Supplemented by short courses and CPD

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Fran Platts

fran.platts@nhs.net

07920877507

Details

Date posted

06 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7458723

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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