• Job Description

  Req#: C9232-26-0078?language=en&page=748&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist - Part Time 25 hours per week - Fixed term ending 29 October 2026 (maternity leave cover):

  Do you want to be part of an innovative and collaborative Team? We are looking for applicants for a Senior Occupational Health post. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and drive some exciting developments within a complex and fast-paced environment. You will be supported by the Team to ensure we continue to maintain high quality, patient focused services in line with our national and locally agreed targets.

  The Assessment and Treatment Unit provides highly specialised assessment, formulation and intervention to meet individual needs. The service works within positive behavioural support frameworks, and provides trauma-informed care.

  Main duties of the job

  North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and enablement of children with learning disabilities. To provide specialist assessment and interventions to identify and address occupational performance needs in self-care, productivity and leisure/play to support the development of life long independent living skills. The service is wholly committed to working with children and their families and carers using Person Centred Planning approaches and affording children with learning disabilities opportunities to maximize full citizenship, choice and control. The Occupational Therapist has a lead role in promoting, enhancing and maintaining the health and wellbeing of adults.

  About us

  As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

  We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

  We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

  The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

  The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

  Details

  Date posted

  18 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  6 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  232-SPL-7849551

  Job locations

  Harplands Hospital

  Stoke-on-Trent

  ST4 6TH

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  - Participate in the development of and services.

  - Participate in the development and provision of the Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.

  - To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.

  - Effectively manage and prioritise a designated caseload

  - Will be required to teach staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members.

  - To actively promote and maintain effective communication between multi-disciplinary/agency professionals across agencies to ensure co-ordinated and high quality care for children and their families

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  - Participate in the development of and services.

  - Participate in the development and provision of the Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.

  - To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.

  - Effectively manage and prioritise a designated caseload

  - Will be required to teach staff including both students and qualified and unqualified team members.

  - To actively promote and maintain effective communication between multi-disciplinary/agency professionals across agencies to ensure co-ordinated and high quality care for children and their families

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Appropriate professional qualification Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.

  Qualfiications

  Essential

  • Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Considerable post graduate experience within the role of Occupational Therapist.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Appropriate professional qualification Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.

  Qualfiications

  Essential

  • Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Considerable post graduate experience within the role of Occupational Therapist.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

  Address

  Harplands Hospital

  Stoke-on-Trent

  ST4 6TH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

  Address

  Harplands Hospital

  Stoke-on-Trent

  ST4 6TH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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