Senior Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

This is an opportunity to work for an internationally renowned Centre of Excellence for Parkinson's Care, multi-disciplinary team.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for assessment and rehabilitation treatment of patients with Parkinson's and related Atypical Parkinson's conditions. These patients will have complex physical and non-motor difficulties along with Psychological impact on their condition.

You will also be responsible for training and supervision of junior and assistant staff and students, but also be a point of contact for Specialist advice for acute and community staff.

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions

To develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes to patients

To hold responsibility for own caseload, working without direct supervision.

To delegate work to Band 5 therapists and support staff

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of Occupational Therapy students.

To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising and working with other Trust staff in the management of the patients' care appropriate to the service area

To participate in the training and supervision of Juniors and support staff, as well as other professionals within the acute trust and community trusts

To work and liaise with external agencies for example Integrated Community Equipment Services as required

To undertake routine administrative tasks as agreed with Senior staff

To undertake ongoing responsibility for specific tasks as delegated by Senior staff for example work experience programme

Closing date of applications: 12 October 2026

Interview date: 26 October 2026

Job description

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About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.