Senior Occupational Therapist

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 15 March 2026

Step into a role that offers genuine impact, professional growth and the chance to work within a highly skilled, supportive multidisciplinary team. We're offering an exciting fixed-term opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our integrated stroke unit, covering maternity leave in 2026.

This is a unique chance to deepen your expertise across the entire inpatient stroke pathway -- from hyperacute and acute care through to rehabilitation and recovery. You'll be part of a team passionate about delivering outstanding outcomes and ensuring every patient receives truly person-centred care.

• A clinician with experience in rehabilitation and person-centred practice
• Confidence in assessing, treating and supporting discharge planning for patients with complex needs
• Someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and committed to high-quality care
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

If you're ready to take on a rewarding role within a dedicated MDT and contribute to exceptional stroke care, we'd love to hear from you.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs -

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

• Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques
• Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
• As an autonomous practitioner, is able to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to a more senior colleague
• Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
• Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills based on current best practice

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC
• Membership of relevant Professional Body
• Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio

• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level and relevant to all core specialities
• Practice Placement Educators training / clinical supervisors training
• Leadership training

• NHS experience
• Completion of junior and senior Rotational Programmes (minimum of 18 months in each), or equivalent, working in a wide variety of acute and chronic physical settings
• Experience of working with a variety of therapeutic approaches
• Experience of audit and service review
• Experience of supervising other staff and students
• Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

• Ability to travel between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital
• Ability to drive
• Car owner

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust