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Rotational Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 30 July 2025
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR YOUR FIRST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY POSITION OR WANTING TO FURTHER DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS?
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Band 5 Occupational Therapy Rotation Programme. You'll have the opportunity to work across our King's Mill Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital sites.
Our Therapy Services Team provides Occupational Therapy services to both inpatients and outpatients at this Acute Foundation Trust. Our rotation programme spans six months and covers a range of services, including Acute Inpatient Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Hand Therapy, Stroke, Community Services, Healthcare for the Elderly, and Paediatrics.
We take pride in being a friendly team working in a supportive and welcoming environment. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, robust supervision structures, and well-equipped staff facilities.
The successful candidate will be part of our Rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapy team, with rotations every six months in the following key areas: Neurology, Urgent and Emergency Care, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Healthcare for the Elderly, and Hand Therapy.
We provide comprehensive staff development and training sessions, including personalised development plans. We also offer full support to newly qualified staff during their preceptorship.
We welcome applications from overseas candidates, but professional registration is a requirement.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Underpinning theory and professional knowledge acquired through diploma/degree
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy or Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
* HCPC registration
* Evidence of further study
Experience
* Broad experience in general occupational therapy application
* Supplemented by short courses and CPD
Contractual Requirement
* Rotate between different OT departments at Kings Mill, Mansfield and Ashfield Community hospitals / PCTs
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.
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