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Job summary

Main area
Rehabilitation
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday locally agreed rota)
Job ref
164-7403271
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
National Rehabilitation Centre
Town
Loughborough
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

NRC Mental Health Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Are you ready to join a team of pioneers ready to revolutionise the future of rehabilitation? Do you have a passion for transforming the lives of people who have experienced severe injury or illness? Here at the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) you will join an innovative, forward thinking team with the collective objective of providing first class rehabilitation to our patients.

 

The role of the NRC Mental Health Occupational Therapist is integral to the patient journey working as part of the interdisciplinary team, alongside the Occupational Therapy and Psychological Health teams, in delivering effective mental health assessment and interventions to maximise patient rehabilitation outcomes.  You will be an autonomous HCPC registered team member providing a high standard of assessment and treatment/management of patients, many of whom will have complex rehabilitation needs.

 

Why choose the NRC? You will be at the forefront of big change over the next few years. Your contribution will be vital but not only that, you will be supported to grow and learn through our many developmental programmes at the NRC as well as to engaging in research an innovation.

Planning for the NRC is in its advanced stages, and the building will be ready in the Autumn of 2025.

For more details of the centre please visit the NRC website www.nationalrehabilitationcentre.nhs.uk.

Main duties of the job

Please familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Hons (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
  • Full Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registration
  • Evidence of maintaining professional competence through C.P.D.
Desirable criteria
  • Member of relevant Specialist Interest Group
  • First line management course.
  • Clinical Educators Course.
  • Evidence of post-graduate training in complex rehabilitation/mental health

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad based junior rotational experience across a range of clinical settings
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries
  • Knowledge of national and local standards, professional guidelines and relevant legal frameworks
  • Experience in evaluation of practice. Appraisal of performance.
  • Experience of mentoring, inducting, teaching and training students / junior staff
  • Experience of clinical leadership implementing service development
  • Experience of providing feedback on individual performance
Desirable criteria
  • Have previously worked in the NHS
  • Previous Band 6 Experience
  • Experience of audit
  • Experience of using evidence based psychological skills within Occupational Therapy practice
  • Experience in working with patients with mental health conditions or in complex rehabilitation settings

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate complex information both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to identify training opportunities and motivate, train and teach.
  • Ability to build and maintain effective relationships to support team working with the clinical and wider multidisciplinary teams
  • Ability to constructively challenge others and formulate resolutions in conflict situations
  • Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathic manner to patients, carers and staff
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate leadership ability.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options.
  • Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of complex patients
  • Evaluation of clinical interventions
  • Ability to identify own learning needs and work autonomously as required
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of performance management.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own and other’s workload.
  • Effective time management skills.
  • Experience of effective delegation.
  • Ability to collate appropriate evidence in relation to training provision
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate effective resource management
  • Demonstrate leadership skills

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate IT literacy
  • Able to handle and move patients safely in a way that promotes rehabilitation
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust, working flexibly across all NUH campuses
  • Undertake out of hours duties (weekends, on calls and Bank Holidays) as required

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badgeadded for NUH

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sandeep Walsh
Job title
NRC Director Of Operations
Email address
[email protected]
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