Overview
Main area Specialist Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6. Contract: Fixed term 5 months (1 November 2025 - 31 March 2026). Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (weekend working). Job ref 223-TCD-751.
Employer: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Site: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury. Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rata. Salary period: Yearly. Closing: 22/10/2025 23:59.
Specialist Occupational Therapist - Complex Discharge
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work collaboratively with our Care Transfer Hub (CTH) to cover weekends on a fixed term contract from 1 November 2025 to 31 March 2026. The purpose of this service is to enable the rapid discharge of complex patients listed on the no criteria to reside (NCTR) list and reduce length of stay.
You will work in conjunction with a Specialist Physiotherapist and a Therapist Assistant Practitioner to deliver complex discharge assessments and to assess the need for specialist equipment. You will be designated tasks from a shared worklist that are aligned with your professional role.
This is expected to be a fast paced work environment with a high turnover of patients and would therefore require a skilled, dynamic and confident individual.
Informal conversations about the opportunity are welcome.
Please note that NHS experience is essential for this position.
Main duties of the job
* To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
* To undertake prompt discharge planning of complex patients, using a home first/discharge to assess mindset.
* The post holder will work in close cooperation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow that is safe and timely.
* To act as a source of specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health service.
Working for our organisation
The Therapy centre is committed to the SaTH’s overall vision to provide excellent care for the communities we serve. As a member of the Therapy Services Team your contribution to the profession of Occupational Therapy will be integral in enabling patients to receive holistic assessment to enable them to recover and be discharged from the hospital environment.
The Care Transfer Hub's (CTH) vision is very similar to our own: "Putting patients and their families first, we will work together through a multi-agency approach to ensure people get the care and support they need upon discharge from hospital". The CTH is a multi-agency and inter-disciplinary discharge team which launched in October 2024. It works in a seamless and integrated way across numerous partner organisations, spanning health, social care and the voluntary sector. The CTH will proactively ‘pull’, and case manage the needs of a range of people with moderate and complex care needs and support these people safely to transfer via the most appropriate discharge pathway.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
* Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
* Evidence of experience in relevant areas of clinical practice
* Experience of working within the NHS
Knowledge
* Evidence of CPD detailing clinical experience relevant to the post
* Evidence of specialist level of clinical reasoning and complex decision making
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We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Name Rachel Crawford
Job title Therapy Manager
Email address rachel.crawford3@nhs.net
Telephone number 07729080394
If you have problems applying, contact
Address The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury Business Park, 1 Douglas Court, Anchorage Avenue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6LG
Telephone 01743 492402
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