Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work into our teams across Hexham General Hospital and Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide occupational therapy provision to support safe and timely discharges from acute settings utilising a discharge to assess model.
The successful candidate will have experience working with patients with a wide variety of conditions within a range of medical specialities including frailty/elderly medicine, orthopaedics and stroke. The post holder will be able to manage their own caseload as well as supervise junior and support staff on a daily basis.
Service hours are currently 0830-1630 Monday - Friday. There is an expectation of weekend working across other Northumbria Healthcare sites. Contractual hours are between 0800-2000 and this may be implemented in the future.
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.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Details Date posted
31 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
319-7674054IO-HAS
Job locations
Hexham General Hospital
Corbridge Road
Hexham
NE16 1QJ
Job responsibilities
* To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re‑admission to hospital.
* To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager.
* Managerially responsible to Team Lead.
* Clinically responsible to clinical OT Lead.
* To role‑model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
* Diploma/ Degree in O.T
* State registered with Health Professions Council
* Practice placement qualification
* Qualified for a minimum of 18 months
Experience and knowledge Essential
* Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work.
Desirable
* Experience of O.T. practice in varied settings.
* Supervision of junior staff and students.
* Experience of research procedures
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 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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Hexham General Hospital
Corbridge Road
Hexham
NE16 1QJ
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/
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