Specialist Occupational Therapist

Overview

We are a teaching trust at the forefront of delivering high‑quality, leading‑edge acute services. We are looking for innovative Occupational Therapists to join our Neuro/Stroke team. The post requires providing cover in one of our speciality areas where you will utilise your core OT skills and supervise Band 5 therapists, support staff and students.

The post holder will carry a designated caseload of patients who are the responsibility of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. A flexible approach is required as the department is undergoing a period of change.

• Independently manage a personal caseload within a defined area of the service or a particular client group, working without direct supervision.
• Undertake assessment and treatment of children attending Great North Children’s Hospital as well as children living in Newcastle and attending mainstream schools.
• Deliver a highly specialised role in advanced assessment, planning and implementing equipment for children with a range of disabilities who may have complex and/or chronic presentations.
• Plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the Occupational Therapy service within their own area, maintaining records and writing reports as an autonomous practitioner.
• Work closely with parents, educational staff, social services, voluntary carers and other relevant professionals to coordinate and support delivery of treatments and services to children.
• Provide statutory reports for children with special educational needs.

• Post‑registration experience in physical health, preferably including paediatrics.
• Excellent knowledge of Occupational Therapy in the relevant area of practice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong organisational and time‑management abilities, and the ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments.
• Current full driving licence.
• Awareness of the social model of disability.

• Confident, motivated, outgoing and enthusiastic individual.
• Ability to work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and to maintain judgement under pressure.
• Experience with evaluating and developing practice and organisational service improvement.

• All references from current and previous employers must cover a minimum of three years of employment.
• Successful candidates will be required to pay for their DBS certificate through a salary deduction from the first month’s pay.

• Interview Date:
  Wednesday 11 February 2026.
• Hours:
  
  37 hours 30 minutes per week.
• No agencies please – applicants must use the Trac system to apply.
• Flexible working arrangements are supported where possible.

The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity, sustainability, and delivering high‑quality care across a range of hospital and community services.

Applicants should read all of the information before applying. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail; if you have not been contacted within four weeks of the closing date, you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.