Occupational Therapist | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2025 |
| Location: | Rotherham, S60 2UD |
| Company: | Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7410122/376-RCG-0640 |
Summary
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a band 5 occupational therapist to develop and consolidate their clinical skills in a specialist older peoples mental health inpatient setting. We are looking for a dynamic, professional and enthusiastic occupational therapist to join our friendly & supportive multi-disciplinary team.
Our team is a joint occupational therapy and physiotherapy service working with adults aged over 65 who have complex mental health conditions. We are an organic and functional older peoples inpatient service based at The Woodlands, Rotherham. We work across inpatient wards, patient homes and care homes.
Towork as a member of an inpatient multidisciplinary team assessing occupational needs and providing occupational therapy interventions on an individual and group basis to service users with acute, complex mental health needs.
To assist in the supervision of support staff and students and deliver interventions enabling service users to develop independent living skills and work towards individual recovery and goalsas part of safe effective discharge.
To develop links with statutory and voluntary sector community resources and ensure that ongoing occupational needs are addressed as part of a safe effective discharge process.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
This advert closes on Monday 1 Sep 2025
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