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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (There are 2 posts sharing the 1.6 WTE funding)
Job ref
190-9012-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stroke Pathway Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre - Beech Hill
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/11/2025 23:59
Interview date
18/11/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join Sheffield's Community Stroke Service where we strive to deliver high quality care and rehabilitation to stroke patients in their own home/community setting.  

Sheffield's Community Stroke Service is co-located with a 31 bedded specialist inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit which forms the wider Integrated Community Stroke Service. 

The successful post holder will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team comprising of specialist clinical therapists, nurses, psychologists, and assistant staff to deliver evidenced based care and rehabilitation. The post holder will demonstrate excellent clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of stroke care and rehabilitation and understanding of the national stroke care and rehabilitation guidelines. The ability to evaluate and optimise delivery of stroke rehabilitation in patients home or community-based setting will also be key in the successful candidate.

Please note successful candidates must have a valid UK driving licence.

 

Main duties of the job

Carry a clinical caseload including complex specialist cases, requiring clinical reasoning and highly specialist therapy, assessment, planning and prioritising own work.

Delegate clinical duties to therapists and/or assistants ensuring they have appropriate knowledge, understanding and competence. Provide training and supervision.

Gather, analyse and evaluate information to identify problems in partnership with the patient, carer and colleagues. 

Select and use appropriate assessment techniques for the patient’s own home and/or in the community. Make clinical diagnosis and apply clinical reasoning. 

Negotiate, agree expectations and set appropriate, realistic and individualised therapy goals in partnership with the patient, carer and colleagues. 

Set up equipment for therapy and ensure it is used safely by patients, carers, staff and/or students.

Teach, guide and supervise patients as individuals or in group.

Contribute to service improvement work.

Supervision of band 3/4/5 staff as required.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all 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 as there are 2 posts sharing the 1.6 WTE funding. 

 

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.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent qualification
  • Current HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist post-registration training programmes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post-registration experience sufficient to acquire core competencies in Occupational Therapy practice for medical, surgical and neurological conditions and the knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the chosen field
  • Existing NHS experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in Stroke
  • Systemone experience
  • Existing community experience

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development

Special Skills/apptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Competency in occupational therapy clinical reasoning, processes & practices
  • Excellent 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
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding stroke rehabilitation
  • IT literate

Other Factors

Essential criteria
  • Full Clean UK Driving Licence and own Vehicle

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gavin Church
Job title
Operational Pathway Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07709442817
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