University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
Closing date: 23 April 2026
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Department at the University Hospitals of North Midlands.
This post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital based on the two hospital sites of The Royal Stoke and County Hospital.
This post is rotational across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas with an option to specialise in Acute Medicine.
Main duties of the job
* Critical Care – early rehabilitation of trauma, surgical, medical and neurological patients, including cognitive assessment, functional assessment, splinting and casting.
* Palliative Care – oncology/renal conditions, fast track discharge planning, complex manual handling assessments and equipment provision, long‑term life‑limiting conditions and challenging conversations.
* Frail Elderly – frailty management, patients with dementia, falls management, complex discharge planning.
* Emergency Portals – rapid decision making in relation to discharge planning and equipment provision, admission avoidance; working across A+E and same day discharge wards.
* Medicine – wide range of medical conditions including non‑invasive ventilation, MND, cardiology & post‑critical care step‑down, complex discharge planning, specific knowledge in seating and wheelchairs.
* Orthopaedics – at County we also offer input to elective orthopaedics supporting complex discharges.
Acute Medicine Static – working with a group of acute medical patients, who present with all the challenges of providing rapid discharge and rehabilitation to patients with complex co‑morbidities.
About us
The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke is a large acute teaching hospital with a turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.
Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient‑centred clinical research facility providing state‑of‑the‑art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work‑life balance including full‑time, part‑time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with HCPC
* CPD relevant to specialty area
Experience
* Minimum of 18 months post‑graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist
* Experience gained in an acute setting
* Demonstratable experience of complex discharge planning
* NHS experience
* 2‑4 years post‑graduate experience
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
* Experience of multidisciplinary working
* Experience of audits
* Clinical educator
* Experience across a wide range of clinical settings, acute, community, mental health
* Experience of cognitive assessments
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.
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
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