Job summary
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 House. This is a city-wide service, operating 8.30 am - 6 pm, 7 days a week (including Bank Holidays).

You will have experience in treating older adults supporting them to remain independent in their own homes and be passionate about patient centred care and delivering what matters to the person, enabled by developing a close network of peers across sectors at neighbourhood level.

The service works to facilitate early discharge of patients from hospital and supports patients at home to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

The successful candidate will provide community-based therapy for patients with a variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, frailty, musculoskeletal and anxiety issues.

This post will be based within a well-established, multi-disciplinary team consisting of: Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Specialist/Senior Therapy Assistants, Administrative staff and with access to mental health nurses.

The successful candidate will be supported to deliver the best care via a robust and caring leadership team with a compassionate and collaborative focus.

Main duties of the job
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.

About us
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.

Closing date: 01 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 190-3070-DIR

Person Specification
Essential Experience

• 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 Experience

• Previous experience at specialist level.
• Previous working experience in the community setting
• Experience of involvement in service development.
• Involvement in research

Essential Qualifications

• MSc/ BSc/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Current HPC registration.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Training from Higher Education Institution for graduate student supervision.

Desirable Qualifications

• First line Management / Leadership course at masters level.
• Relevant validated clinical courses to Masters level or equivalent knowledge / experience

Essential Special Skills/Aptitudes

• 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.

Essential Other Factors

• 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 Other Factors

• A working knowledge of the needs of patients with mental health issues

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Lightwood House, Lightwood Lane, Sheffield, S8 8BG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sth.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:
Operational Lead Physiotherapist, Rachel Brandreth, rachel.brandreth@nhs.net, 07773074055