Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist (Urgent and Emergency Care Team)
Closing date: 30 July 2026

Job summary
Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in urgent and emergency care? We are seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our highly valued Urgent and Emergency Care Therapy Team at King's Mill Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team, helping patients receive the right care at the right time while supporting admission avoidance and facilitating timely, safe discharges.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues across urgent care pathways, helping patients access appropriate community services, intermediate care support, and external agencies, while also contributing to reducing hospital length of stay and improving patient outcomes.

Beyond your clinical responsibilities, you will be an integral part of the leadership and development of the service, supporting junior staff and helping to shape future improvements within the team.

If you're passionate about delivering high-quality patient-centred care in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

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

About us
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.

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Details
Date posted: 16 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-CSTO-8045161
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

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

Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Sound Clinical knowledge of medical conditions and applied occupational therapy techniques
• Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
• Delegation skills
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• Ability to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
• IT skills
• Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
• Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills

Qualifications
Essential

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC

Desirable

• Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists

Further Training
Essential

• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level
• Practice Placement Educators training

Desirable

• APPLE Accreditation training

Experience
Essential

• Completion of postgraduate junior rotation to include a rotation in medicine
• Broad understanding of occupational therapy process and frameworks.
• Experience of audit and service review
• Experience of supervising other staff and/or students
• NHS experience including knowledge of policies and procedures

Desirable

• Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Flexible working, including 7 day working which will include late shifts

Desirable

• Ability to drive

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Therapy Operational Manager
Chris Williams
christopher.williams9@nhs.net
01623622515

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