A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
12 month Fixed Term/Secondment Band 5 Static Occupational Therapist - Acute Inpatient Elderly Therapy
Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to develop your clinical skills within a ward based elderly frailty team?
Do you want to play a key role in improving the experience of our patients?
Do you want to be part of an innovative and highly motivated Occupational Therapy team, making positive changes happen daily?
This Occupational Therapy role offers the chance to experience clinical practice in Elderly Frailty, especially around preventing deconditioning. We have enthusiastic and experienced clinical teams who will support your development.
You will have an opportunity to support staff and students, as well as support service development projects and ensuring quality patient care. The Trust actively promotes staff development through a structured support process, which will be available to you for both clinical and managerial supervision and encouragement to explore other learning opportunities. You will also be able to access the Trust's preceptorship program.
If you have any queries or wish to discuss further please do not hesitate to get in touch.
This post is not eligible for the Trust's relocation package.
If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.
Responsibilities
* To assess, treat, provide, and evaluate Occupational Therapy for a designated group of patients within the acute, community or outpatient setting.
* To hold responsibility for own caseload of patients with social, physical, psychological, behavioural, and cognitive challenges, as an autonomous practitioner, and to manage this using evidence based/ client centred principles.
* To provide support, advice, and training to less experienced members of staff and students.
* To act as a resource within the department and Trust, providing information and advice in those conditions indicated.
* To contribute to a defined area of service working without direct supervision; clinical work will be evaluated in line with Trust and service objectives.
* To engage in regular clinical/managerial supervision and undertake education and training, to develop oneself and others.
* To contribute to evidence-based audit and projects to evaluate and improve clinical practice and evaluate user involvement suggesting local service changes where appropriate.
* To be involved with appropriate clinical networks that may be at a local, regional, or national level.
Trust Information Pack
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Our benefits
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks – including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks – to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Thursday 2 Apr 2026
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