Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Job summary

The Doncaster Older Adult mental health ward Windermere Lodge are looking to recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist who has experience of working within the specialism of mental health.

The ward is a 20 bedded mixed ward providing inpatient care to patients who are aged 65+ with both organic and functional mental illness. The role plays an integral part in ensuring that the whole multi-disciplinary team works to support patients to engage in meaningful occupations which promote good mental and physical health, assist recovery and help patients achieve their personal goals – such as being able to manage daily living skills, engage in vocational, leisure and educational opportunities and participate in community activities.

Main duties of the job

To carry out assessments and interventions, utilising the OT process, from initial assessment to discharge planning and evaluation.

Communicate complex, sensitive, distressing and contentious information effectively and compassionately with service users, carers, and staff in the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies.

To establish links with community mental health team occupational therapists and colleagues to ensure service users’ ongoing occupational needs are addressed along with support to access to resources in the wider community as part of a safe effective discharge.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
  • Registration with Health and Care Professions Council.
  • Practice Placement Educator Qualification
  • Willingness to undertake post-graduate study relevant to service area

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience in mental health services.
  • Supervisory responsibility for staff.
  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Experience of a range of mental health settings and varied aspects of practice

Desirable

  • Experience of research, service evaluation and audit procedures.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group
  • Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
  • Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice.
  • Knowledge of principles of recovery, trauma informed practice and person centred approaches to care.
  • Applied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA and risk assessment and management.
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
  • Detailed knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
  • Ability to analyse and draw conclusions about professional and ethical issues.

Skills

Essential

  • Extensive demonstrable clinical experience including individual and group work.
  • Good communication skills – written and verbal.
  • Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
  • Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
  • Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships.
  • Problem solving abilities.
  • Supervisory/appraisal skills.
  • Leadership skills.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.

Desirable

  • Presentation skills.
  • Education, training and facilitation skills

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: 15 November 2026

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