Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 36 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-20-032
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/08/2025
Employer heading
Associate Practitioner
Band 4
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen within The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Occupational Therapy Medicine team are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team as an Occupational Therapy (OT) Associate Practitioner.
The role of an Occupational Therapy Associate Practitioner will enable individuals within the in-patient setting to engage in meaningful occupations to enhance rehabilitation following injury/illness, whilst supporting with timely and efficient hospital discharge.
There is also a requirement to undertake delegated administrative tasks that assist the therapists and contribute towards the effective running of the department. The post holder will contribute to the day to day running of the service ensuring a high standard of care to our client group.
The job will entail working as part of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate safe and timely discharges from the acute hospital wards. The post holder will manage and co-ordinate their own non-complex caseload with support from the Occupational Therapist, as well as assisting the Occupational Therapist with more complex cases.
- Interview Date: Thursday 21 August 2025
- 36 Hours/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.
Main duties of the job
This will include communicating with patient and relatives/ carers to gather subjective information along with completing therapy assessments such as functional assessments, washing and dressing assessments, kitchen assessments, and environmental visits. The post holder may also be expected to run therapy groups on the ward to support with inpatient rehabilitation and to prevent deconditioning while an inpatient.
The Occupational Therapy Team work closely with the Discharge Nursing Team, Social Workers, and Physiotherapists who specialise in facilitating discharges from the acute hospital setting.
Applicants will have the relevant qualifications and significant previous experience as an OT assistant or Technical instructor, together with a good understanding of Occupational Therapy and its role in the acute hospital setting.
Applicants should have highly developed communication skills, caseload management, moving and handling and problem solving skills are essential. You will be able to prioritise your workload independently and use initiative whilst working with the therapists as part of the inter-disciplinary team
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.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
· Freeman Hospital
· Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
· Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
· Newcastle Dental Hospital
· Newcastle Fertility Centre
· Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
· Northern Genetics Service
· Cramlington Manor Walks
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
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
-Attending team/ward handover’s and relying appropriate information to the MDT
-Participating in group work/wellbeing activities
-Washing and dressing assessments
-Kitchen assessments
-Mobility and transfer assessments
-Environmental Assessments
-Assessment and provision of equipment (including ordering and delivery/fitting)
-Enabling patient rehabilitation
-Supporting junior members within the team
-Administration tasks- verbally and electronically
-Completing referrals to other agencies
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- • Foundation Degree or NVQ level 4 or NVQ level 3 with additional training in the speciality field or equivalent evidence of underpinning knowledge
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- • Sound general education inclusive of literacy and numeracy
- • Previous experience as an AHP assistant/ Technical instructor in acute care community / related speciality
- • Knowledge and understanding of clinical conditions and application of Rehabilitation programmes for patients in speciality area
- • Knowledge of a range of outcome measures
- • Knowledge of therapy specialist treatment adjuncts
- • Plan and provide clinical programmes of therapeutic activity within framework
- • Monitor patient progress and make modifications
- • Manage own caseload effectively and prioritise referrals
- • Effective team working
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical governance
- • Associate member of professional body
- • Experience of providing training/ supervising/delivering presentations to others.
- • Previous experience as an AHP Associate
- • Experience in developing resources to cater for the individual needs of a patient.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Highly developed communication skills
- • Highly developed Moving and handling skills
- • IT skills
- • Work as a member of a team
Desirable criteria
- • Good understanding of all AHP roles within the rehabilitation of adults IT skills that may include electronic notes and other software.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Judith Finlay
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Service O T
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2137236
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