Senior Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Senior Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic developing team and be at the cutting edge of delivering acute care to patients in their own home.

The Community Response Service team facilitates early discharges from hospital, who otherwise would have stayed in hospital due to therapy needs, and provide rehab for up to 2 weeks to meet the short-term goals for them to be able to remain at home. They work with the virtual ward teams and other teams within Community Response Service to provide assessments to those who are at risk of hospital admission.

You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team and have opportunities to work individually and with Physiotherapists, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists and other Associate Therapy Practitioners.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

  • To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
  • To deliver a comprehensive service for a complex case load.
  • To manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
  • To assess for and monitor the provision of adaptations when appropriate.
  • To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the specialist field.
  • To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
  • To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups.
  • To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Team across Northumbria Healthcare Trust. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

  • Degree in O.T.
  • State registered with Health Care Professions Council
  • Practice placement qualification

Experience and knowledge

Essential

  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development
  • Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work
  • Experience and working understanding of audit procedures

Desirable

  • Experience of O.T. practice in varied settings
  • Experience of research procedures
  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
  • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other requirements

Essential

  • It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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