Main area: Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent (Due to ongoing opportunities within the trust, there may also be fixed-term contracts available)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (This post may require a weekend roster commitment)
Job ref: 190-8665-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part-time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 28/01/2025
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated. While 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
Are you an early career Occupational Therapist (OT) looking to expand your experience? Or are you about to graduate and looking for your first OT role?
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are looking for enthusiastic, passionate, caring OTs to join our Therapy teams. You will have the opportunity to complete 6 monthly rotations across a variety of different clinical areas across both acute, out-patient, and community care settings. Rotations include neurology, orthopaedics, medicine, surgery, and community teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop in your OT career and increase your clinical skills, knowledge, and experience, all while working in a supportive environment to help build your confidence. With the Trust providing multiple specialist and regional services, we’re a fantastic place to start or develop your OT career with different opportunities.
We’re proud to invest in our OT staff, with the opportunity to join our preceptorship programmes, regular supervision, and participation in local specialist training and education. There are opportunities for student supervision and a wide range of champion roles within the departments.
To apply, you’ll need to hold or be due to gain an appropriate Occupational Therapy qualification (BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent) and be registered or eligible to register with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Main duties of the job
The Therapy Services department provides integrated Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy to patients across Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and beyond.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide personalised OT assessment, care, advice, and interventions to make a difference to patients, and help them adapt to day-to-day tasks and improve their quality of life.
You will have opportunities to participate/contribute to service development and projects within the department as well as providing support to the wider OT team, assistants, and students.
We are working with the newly formed ‘Care Transfer Hub’ around rehabilitation and discharge planning roles. We are running several pilots to test new ways of working to promote prevention of deconditioning and rehabilitation.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of 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.
Please note this advertisement is for both full-time and part-time opportunities.
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.
The interview will be in-person and will involve both group and individual elements.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc/Degree Apprenticeship/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration or working towards
Experience
* Can demonstrate knowledge of the Occupational Therapy role in relation to the rotations offered within the Trust.
* Work or life experience in healthcare or teaching practical skills
* Work or life experience in organising and managing multiple tasks
* Clinical Governance or Health & Safety
Further Training
* Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
* Good basic knowledge of therapy practice within acute and community settings.
* Evidence-Based Practice
* Clinical Governance
* Competency in Occupational Therapy clinical reasoning, processes, and practices
* Effective 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
* Motivated to learn
* Understanding of therapy in an acute hospital
* IT literate
* Ability to participate in 7-day working rosters
Other Factors
* Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
* Positive attitude to patient care and teamwork
* Car Driver
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
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