Main area Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term/ Secondment from commencement in post) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (over 3 days) Job ref 190-0632-DIR
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2025 23:59 Interview date 10/09/2025
Specialist 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 so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Burns, plastics and orthopaedic team. The post is Permanent and is based in the therapy out patient department and the Northern General Hospital.
The post holder will work alongside the Clinical Specialists within the team with the opportunity for the development of skills within the rehabilitation of upper limb orthopaedic and plastic conditions along side supporting the fracture bracing service and burns unit.
Main duties of the job
* Working with a team of Occupational therapists and Physiotherapists to provide a specialised service to the hand centre, plastic surgery ward, fracture bracing clinic and burns unit.
* Deliver high quality, specialised assessments and treatments including splinting.
* Contribute to the development of the therapy workforce including supervision of staff and educating students.
* Contribute to operational management and service improvement.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large Major Trauma Centre with over 16,000 staff working across the city in both hospital based services and community settings.
The Musculoskeletal Directorate (MSK) provide services including Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Pain Management, Metabolic Bone, Hand Centre, Physioworks, Staff Physiotherapy Service, MSK Hospital based Therapy Services and Podiatric Surgery.
The hospital based therapy team consists of over 110 whole time equivalent staff members who work together to deliver excellent patient care and sharing learning and experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
* Current HCPC registration
* Short Specialist post-registration training programmes
Experience
* Post-registration experience of sufficient to acquire core competencies in Occupational Therapy practice for medical, surgical and neurological conditions and the knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the chosen field
* Clinical Governance or Health & Safety, link worker
* Member of special Interest Group
* Clinical Effectiveness course/Project
Further Training
* Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
* Good post-registration theoretical and practical knowledge of therapy practice in chosen field
* Evidence-Based Practice
* Clinical Governance
* Competency in occupational therapy clinical reasoning, processes & practices
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills
* Able to maintain confidentiality
* Able to act on own initiative, organise and prioritise work and manage multiple tasks
* Able to maintain accurate written records & statistics
* Calm approach to changing work situations
* Able to teach and motivate others
* Understanding of therapy in an acute hospital or community setting
* IT literate
* Understanding of stress and ability to help others cope under pressure
Other Factors
* Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
* Positive, proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .
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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
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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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