North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Job summary

Senior Occupational Therapist - Ward 3, Harplands Hospital:

We are currently looking for a dynamic and dedicated Senior Occupational Therapist to provide support for Ward 3 at the Harplands Hospital. You will have responsibility for the delivery of patient focused individualized care. The team is multi-disciplinary, comprising nurses, medical staff, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist.

Main duties of the job

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and enablement of adults. To provide specialist assessment and interventions to identify and address occupational performance needs in self-care, productivity and leisure/play to support the development of life long independent living skills. The service is wholly committed to working with adults and their families and carers using Person Centred Planning approaches and affording opportunities to maximize full citizenship, choice and control. The Occupational Therapist has a lead role in promoting, enhancing and maintaining the health and wellbeing of adults.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

232-AUC-7256927

Job locations

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participate in the development of and services.

Participate in the development and provision of the Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.

To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.

Effectively manage and prioritise a designated caseload.

Will be required to teach staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members.

To actively promote and maintain effective communication between multi-disciplinary/agency professionals across agencies to ensure co-ordinated and high quality care for adults an d families.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participate in the development of and services.

Participate in the development and provision of the Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.

To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.

Effectively manage and prioritise a designated caseload.

Will be required to teach staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members.

To actively promote and maintain effective communication between multi-disciplinary/agency professionals across agencies to ensure co-ordinated and high quality care for adults an d families.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate professional qualification Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.

Qualifications

Essential

Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration.

Experience

Essential

Post graduate experience within the role of Occupational Therapist.

Experience

Essential

Ability to work single-handedly without direct supervision

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate professional qualification Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.

Qualifications

Essential

Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration.

Experience

Essential

Post graduate experience within the role of Occupational Therapist.

Experience

Essential

Ability to work single-handedly without direct supervision

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

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

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)