Main area: Occupational Therapy, Grade NHS AfC: Band 6. Contract: Permanent.
* Full time
* Part time (0.8 WTE)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full-time ideal).
Job ref: 190-9091-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS Site
Location: Lightwood House, Town Sheffield
Salary: £38,682 – £46,580 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Closing date: 09/11/2025 23:59
Interview date: 18/11/2025
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer career development, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, financial support and discount opportunities.
Job overview
An unexpected opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the dedicated therapy team working into Sheffield Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Beds service.
The team currently provides therapy and nursing input into 98 beds based within 3 different care homes throughout the city.
Our caseload is referred into us from acute trust wards and often have complex medical history including fractures, frailty, respiratory, cardiac conditions, amputees and neurology. Our patients are with us for a short‑term rehab program and needs assessment to facilitate returning home as quickly as possible, facilitating discharge from hospital.
Applicants should have advanced discharge planning skills and be an exemplary team worker. Good communication skills and comfort in dealing with multiple agencies and families to facilitate a coordinated, safe and effective discharge. Experience with patients with delirium/dementia would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
To manage a caseload of Intermediate Care Unit based patients with complex needs, using specialist skills and evidence based/patient‑centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To supervise and train inexperienced junior staff and rehabilitation assistants working within the service.
To provide supervision of students on practice placement.
To participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of Intermediate Care services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
To be an active member of the interdisciplinary Intermediate Care team in the provision of patient‑centred care.
To develop and provide clinical expertise in a designated specialism and participate in the dissemination of evidence‑based practice across the service.
Working for our organisation
We are an NHS and research leader that values and respects all staff. We provide professional development, policies to support work‑life balance, and a holistic team environment maximizing patient outcomes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
* Current HCPC registration
* Short specialist post‑registration training programmes in relevant subject areas
* Evidence of continuous professional development via personal development plans
* First line management or leadership course at masters level
* Relevant validated clinical courses to masters level or equivalent knowledge/experience
Experience
* Knowledge of occupational therapy in elderly rehabilitation and ability to apply in a rehabilitation unit/community setting
* Broad clinical knowledge of a range of conditions affecting client group in the frail elderly/orthomedical pathway and their therapeutic management
* Experience of working with multi agencies
* Experience supervising staff through appraisal process
* Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application
* Working knowledge of standards and guidelines relating to occupational therapy practice with this client group
* Knowledge of the local and national priorities for Intermediate Care Services, NHS structures and commissioning
* Postgraduate experience in older persons rehabilitation
* Postgraduate experience in orthopaedics
* Has worked in the community environment
* Working knowledge of the needs of patients with mental health issues
* Significant postgraduate experience of occupational therapy rehabilitation in clinical speciality
* Experience supervising, managing, developing junior staff, rehabilitation assistants through PDR and teaching
* Experience of audit
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Analytical clinical assessment, diagnostic and treatment skills relevant to facilitating discharge from the service
* Ability to work autonomously under pressure and prioritise
* Highly developed verbal and non‑verbal communication skills using motivation, explanation and reassurance to engage patients and carers in their treatment programmes
* Organisational skills to manage yourself and other supervised staff to contribute to service delivery
* Computer literate with excellent written and oral presentation skills
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full‑time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. For fixed‑term contracts, internal secondments may be considered; please seek approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks, including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, references, qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if deemed required.
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.
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