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Job summary

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

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Essential criteria
  • BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • Current HCPC registration
  • Short Specialist post-registration training programmes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Governance or Health & Safety, link worker
  • Member of special Interest Group
  • Clinical Effectiveness course/Project
  • Fieldwork educators Course

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
  • Good post-registration theoretical and practical knowledge of therapy practice in chosen field
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Clinical Governance

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • 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

Essential criteria
  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
  • Positive, proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Kaye Jones
Job title
Lead Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2266479
Additional information

additional contact information:-

Tom Beardsworth

Lead Therapist

Telephone: 0114 2266479

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