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317 Occupational Therapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
317-2026-14-01-DR
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Great North Children's Hospital
Town
317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/04/2026 23:59
Interview date
19/05/2026

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Occupational Therapist

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country.  We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally,  we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. 

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

An opportunity has a risen for a Band 6 to join the paediatric team based at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle. As a specialist centre the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside highly experienced clinical staff and develop unique skills in acute and community paediatric care. As a national and regional specialist centre, the appointee will have a chance to network and learn from other specialist centres world wide.

This post will initially be based in the specialist area of paediatric community paediatrics but will form part of a wider Band 6 rotation across the acute and community paediatric services provided by Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust.

  • Interview Date Tuesday 19 May 2026
  • 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

Assessment and intervention of children with complex sensory, motor and developmental needs

Providing safe, effective and compassionate care

Carrying out postural assessments and emailing recommendations based on clinical need

Participating in service development and continuous service evaluation and improvement 

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide a high standard of occupational therapy care to complex and highly complex patients within specialist area evidencing high level problem solving, reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
  • To provide day to day supervision of junior and support staff and students working in the specialist area.
  • The specialist practitioner is the clinical lead for the Occupational Therapy Service within the area of practice providing highly specialist knowledge within the Trust and externally to therapists and other health care professionals from secondary and primary care. 

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria
  • In-depth clinical knowledge of medical conditions and their effect on occupational performance
  • Highly developed understanding of OT process within acute setting
  • In-depth knowledge of health and social care policy, risk assessment and management
  • Extensive knowledge of a range of disability equipment
  • Extensive knowledge of a range of disability equipment. Extensive knowledge of eligibility criteria and procedures/policies relevant to disability equipment, minor housing adaptations
  • Highly specialist knowledge of moving and handling legislation and knowledge of current moving and handling best practice and associated equipment
  • Excellent understanding of professional ethics and their application into practice
  • Good knowledge of clinical governance
  • Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of undertaking research and audit projects
  • Knowledge of team dynamics and team building

SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • Good organisation, time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills
  • Supervisory, team management skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Commitment to personal and service development
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
Desirable criteria
  • IT skills
  • Presentation skills

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Significant post-registration experience incl experience within physical health
  • Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with patients with physical disability eg reduced mobility
  • Team management
  • Experience in supervising staff

QUALIFICATION

Essential criteria
  • Degree/Diploma in OT
  • State registered with Health & Care Professions Council
  • Member of BAOT
  • Post graduate experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly EmployerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining Excellence

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
Nichola Sykes
Job title
Advanced Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0191 2823452
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