Specialist Occupational Therapist (Integrated Care Therapy)
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, S8 8BGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
12 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of Sheffield community based Integrated Care Team-Therapy, based in the South of the city at Lightwood H...
The successful candidate will carry out generic Occupational Therapy assessments.
This will include planning and delivering treatment programmes for patients in their own homes including residential care settings.
The role will involve working closely with therapy assistants; contributing to their training and development and facilitating them to provide care and rehabilitation to a designated caseload.
The role also involves transporting, providing, ordering and fitting of equipment and onward referral to other health and social care services.
The role will support student placements and will enable Occupational therapy students to understand the value of community integrated care.
The role will support the service as needed with specific audits and research enabling the service to improve its service offer to the people of Sheffield.
You will be working for an organisation which 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.
The role is supported by a band 7 duty lead and a band 7 clinical specialist Occupational therapist ensuring support with day to day issues and complex clinical situations.
The team is a cohesive, hard working and fun team to work within .A full induction programme will be in place allowing you to develop relationships with all your team.
There will be opportunities to develop both your clinical and leadership skills via your personal development plan with support from your leadership team.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience of Occupational Therapy practise in a range of clinical settings.
- Experience of supervising / managing / developing junior staff, assistants through PDR and teaching.
- Experience of audit.
Desirable
- Previous experience at specialist level.
- Previous working experience in the community setting
- Experience of involvement in service development.
- Involvement in research
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc/ BSc/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Current HPC registration.
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Training from Higher Education Institution for graduate student supervision.
Desirable: - First line Management / Leadership course at masters level.; - Relevant validated clinical courses to Masters level or equivalent knowledge / experience
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills.
- Competency in Occupational Therapy clinical reasoning processes and practise.
- Ability to work autonomously, organise and respond under pressure.
- Organisational and prioritisation skills to manage yourself and other supervised staff.
- Computer Literate with excellent written and oral presentation skills.
- Ability to pass on skills/ knowledge and to motivate others within both formal and informal environments.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
Other Factors
Essential
- Meet health requirements of the Trust.
- Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
- Demonstrate a flexible and mature attitude.
- Motivation, enthusiasm, confidence in and commitment to Occupational Therapy practice
- Willingness to work flexibility including working outside of traditional normal working hours in accordance with service need.
- Broad clinical knowledge of a range of physical and mental health conditions and their therapeutic management and ability to apply this in a community setting.
- Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application
- Working knowledge of standards and guidelines relating to Occupational Therapy practice with this client group.
- Knowledge of the local and national priorities for Primary Care Services, NHS structures and commissioning.
Desirable: - A working knowledge of the needs of patients with mental health issues
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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