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Main area
Occupational Therapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time
Job ref
190-9083-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Closing
16/10/2025 23:59

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Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Upper Limb Amputees

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst 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

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to work in our Mobility and Specialised Rehabilitation Centre, providing care to paediatric amputees and adult upper limb amputees.

The department is a regional centre for children and adults with congenital, acquired and traumatic upper limb amputation. 

You will be working alongside physiotherapists, consultants and prothetists in conjunction with families, GPs and schools.

Main duties of the job

As a clinical specialist Occupational Therapist, you will:

·         Lead in providing specialist training to patients for all types of upper limb prostheses, including myo-electric single grip and multi articulating hand prostheses.

·         Provide high quality therapy in the rehabilitation of upper limb amputees, including veterans

·         Attend the children’s clinic supporting an MDT approach to treatment and care

·         Co-ordinate the long term management of paediatric patients and  develop links and transition services with the children’s hospital

·         Organise home, school and work visits to support patients’ treatment

·         Utilise links with regional and national services, gaining peer support with other specialists in the field.

·         Act as the child safeguarding lead within MSRC and provide a point of contact for paediatric amputees

 

Working for our organisation

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 employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are seeking a compassionate, driven clinician with:

·         Substantial post-registration experience, including recent practice in the field or relevant experience.

·         Proven skills in rehabilitation and splinting

·         Experience working across the patient pathway – acute and community

·         Strong leadership, organisational and communication skills

·         Ability to work alone and within a wider team

Desirable skills

Involvement in service development or clinical research

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • BSc in Occupational Therapy
  • • Current HPC Registration
  • • Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject to this post or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning.
Desirable criteria
  • • Master’s degree in relevant Speciality

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Extensive experience as a qualified therapist.
  • • Significant experience at Specialist level in relevant specialty.
  • • Clinical Educator
  • • Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development
  • • Supervision and line management of Therapy staff including appraisal.
  • • Professional Presentations
Desirable criteria
  • • Member of Special Interest Group
  • • Governance
  • • Teaching

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
  • • Current advanced clinical knowledge and skill in specialty
  • • Current knowledge of evidence-base for specialty
  • • Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology
Desirable criteria
  • • Clinical Governance
  • • Risk Assessment
  • • Research, Clinical Audit or Practice
  • • Leadership

Special Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Excellent team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively
  • • Excellent interpersonal, communication, team working and leadership skills
  • • Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and other.
  • • Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions and implement sustainable change.
  • • Confident in working with a wide range of senior professionals
  • • Able to maintain confidentiality
  • • IT literate
  • • Understanding of stress and ability to help others to cope under pressure.

Other Factors

Desirable criteria
  • • Professional appearance and behaviour
  • • Confident & assertive
  • • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
  • • Mature and positive attitude to change management
  • • Proactive approach to service delivery

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kaye Jones
Job title
Lead Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01142266479
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