Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant
| Posting date: | 14 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,760 - £27,476 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2026 |
| Location: | Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0RB |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7909651/320-CDCS-BUR-4028 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you looking for an opportunity to work within Occupational Therapy in an acute setting?
Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who likes to work within a team and help care for our patients? If so, this is the post for you.
The Trauma, Orthopaedic and General Surgery Occupational Therapy Team at Queen’s Hospital are looking for a compassionate, proactive and dynamic Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant to join their team.
The post holder will provide support to the team to provide assessment and treatment to the patient caseload whilst progressing discharge planning .
The role is currently full time working core hours across Monday - Friday.
We are a friendly and supportive team who can offer:
• Support from Therapy Inpatient Lead, Band 7 Team Leaders and Senior Rotational therapists within the team, including regular clinical supervision.
• Supported to provide high quality patient care including basic assessment and treatment to a caseload of patients.
• PT/OT joint working.
• Support to attend appropriate in service training opportunities and courses to maintain competencies and to achieve personal development plans.
• You will be joining our team as we look to develop our ambulatory pathway for those undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery
The Trauma, Orthopaedic and General Surgery Occupational Therapy Team is pleased to offer an exciting position for a flexible and driven individual to work within Occupational Therapy.
We are looking for a motivated individual with a passion for acute care who wishes to enhance their therapeutic skills to a Band 3 level. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to providing high quality care.
You will be expected to contribute to a varied clinical caseload, promoting functional ability whilst progressing discharge planning Therefore, previous experience of health care is essential.
To support the department it is essential to be a car driver with a clean full driving license.
Opportunities will include:
• Development of basic assessment and treatment skills to work within the acute site, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions particularly Orthopaedic and General Surgical patients.
• Development of skills to enable close MDT working and discharge planning in a high pressured environment.
• Contribute to support student Therapists.
• Support service improvement projects.
• Support clinical and team audit, including notes audits, stats audits and compliance with team clinical standards audits.
• Experience working within established multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience and support with discharge planning.
Closing date of applications - 28 April 2026
Interview date - 12 May 2026
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 4thbusiest 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.
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click on the link to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorshipImpacts of the changes to the UK immigration policy | NHS Employers
Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Apr 2026
Are you looking for an opportunity to work within Occupational Therapy in an acute setting?
Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who likes to work within a team and help care for our patients? If so, this is the post for you.
The Trauma, Orthopaedic and General Surgery Occupational Therapy Team at Queen’s Hospital are looking for a compassionate, proactive and dynamic Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant to join their team.
The post holder will provide support to the team to provide assessment and treatment to the patient caseload whilst progressing discharge planning .
The role is currently full time working core hours across Monday - Friday.
We are a friendly and supportive team who can offer:
• Support from Therapy Inpatient Lead, Band 7 Team Leaders and Senior Rotational therapists within the team, including regular clinical supervision.
• Supported to provide high quality patient care including basic assessment and treatment to a caseload of patients.
• PT/OT joint working.
• Support to attend appropriate in service training opportunities and courses to maintain competencies and to achieve personal development plans.
• You will be joining our team as we look to develop our ambulatory pathway for those undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery
The Trauma, Orthopaedic and General Surgery Occupational Therapy Team is pleased to offer an exciting position for a flexible and driven individual to work within Occupational Therapy.
We are looking for a motivated individual with a passion for acute care who wishes to enhance their therapeutic skills to a Band 3 level. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to providing high quality care.
You will be expected to contribute to a varied clinical caseload, promoting functional ability whilst progressing discharge planning Therefore, previous experience of health care is essential.
To support the department it is essential to be a car driver with a clean full driving license.
Opportunities will include:
• Development of basic assessment and treatment skills to work within the acute site, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions particularly Orthopaedic and General Surgical patients.
• Development of skills to enable close MDT working and discharge planning in a high pressured environment.
• Contribute to support student Therapists.
• Support service improvement projects.
• Support clinical and team audit, including notes audits, stats audits and compliance with team clinical standards audits.
• Experience working within established multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience and support with discharge planning.
Closing date of applications - 28 April 2026
Interview date - 12 May 2026
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 4thbusiest 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.
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click on the link to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorshipImpacts of the changes to the UK immigration policy | NHS Employers
Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Apr 2026