Senior Occupational Therapist
CSH Surrey
Woking, GU22 7HSView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£41,957 to £50,387
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
Do you have an interest in gaining experience in a fast pace rehabilitation environment? Do you care about the experience of the older person in hospi...
The essential requirements we are looking for in our Occupational Therapy applicants are:
- Knowledge and experience of working within the NHS or equivalent healthcare system
- Knowledge of a wide range of client groups including any of the following: inpatient & community rehabilitation, care of the elderly, neurology, medical, oncology and orthopaedics
- Ability to carry out complex case management, specialist assessments and risk assessment
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise caseload
- Excellent communication and time management skills.
- Flexible approach to work with the ability to potentially work across a seven-day service.
- Ability to work both independently and also as part of the wider multidisciplinary team, working collaboratively with acute and community services.
- Willingness to undertake ongoing professional development and a commitment to providing high quality, safe and effective care that meets the needs of patients.
- Car driver and owner with appropriate license to drive in the UK for business purposes.
This is a full-time post which may include weekend working.
Applications for part-time, Return to Practice, internal secondments and bank staff may also be considered.
Terms and conditions are based on current NHS terms with access to the NHS pension scheme.
For more duties specs please refer to Job description attached for more information.
Please refer to Job description for more information about the actual job description eg; duties and responsibilities,
Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey's longest established NHS community
services provider, so our employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive
the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
While AI (Artificial Intelligence)can be used to support your application, all submitted content must be your own original work and accurately reflect your real knowledge, skills, and values.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/Diploma/Post graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with Health Professions Council
- Varied post grad specialist training/courses
- Continuing Professional Development diary including evidence of reflective practice, training and clinical experience
- Practice Placement Educators training
- Member of Relevant Specialist Section
- Specialist knowledge of the full range of OT client groups
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a variety of rotations or settings including NHS in-patient work
- Clinical experience with a wide range of client groups including any of the following: rehabilitation, hospital, community, elderly, neurology, orthopaedics, medicine
- Experience of working with Therapy Assistants/Technical Instructors
- Experience of lone working and decision making
- Ability to balance management and clinical work
- Knowledge of audit and its use to improve interventions
- Use of clinical outcome measures and awareness of relevant ones for speciality
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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