5 Occupational Therapist jobs in Durham

Job Title: Functional Assessor (Occupational Therapist)

Location: Sunderland

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Starting salary £39000 OTE up to £6,575

Please Note: Unfortunately, we are not able to support sponsorship to work in the UK at this time

About You:

Join Medacs Healthcare as a Functional Assessor (Occupational Therapist) and use your clinical expertise in a rewarding hybrid role based in Sunderland.

As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you'll assess, discuss, and report on how conditions impact daily living through face-to-face and telephone assessments.

Key Skills:

• Strong report writing and communication skills
• Excellent organisation and time management
• Proficiency in typing and IT systems
• Commitment to integrity and high-quality service

Essential Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted HCPC registration
• Registered Occupational therapist
• Applications also welcome from NMC Registered Nurses (RN, RMN, RNLD), HCPC Registered Physiotherapists, and Occupational Therapists
• Minimum 1-year post-registration UK experience (NHS or private healthcare)

Benefits Package:

• Competitive salary with regular increases
• Bonus scheme
• Generous annual leave (25 days + service allowance)
• Flexible working and optional overtime
• NMC/HCPC fee reimbursement and ongoing CPD support (T&Cs apply)
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, life assurance, and more
• Employee well-being support with access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Referral bonus scheme ( ,500) and employee recognition programs
• Access to discounts through our Lifestyle platform

Why Choose Us?

• Develop Your Expertise: Become a skilled Functional assessor and report writer.
• Work Autonomously with Support: Balance independence with team collaboration.
• Career Progression
• Opportunities: Gain experience in coaching, auditing, and
• team management.
• Work-Life Balance: No evenings, weekends, or bank holidays with flexible and hybrid working options

How to Apply:

Please apply with your up-to-date CV.

You must provide evidence of your UK right to work

*OTE based on meeting all eligible criteria including hybrid working, increases + optional overtime

To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying.

We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice that you can view by clicking here

Job Title: Functional Assessor (Occupational Therapist)

Location: Redcar

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Starting salary £39000 OTE up to £6,575

Please Note: Unfortunately, we are not able to support sponsorship to work in the UK at this time

About You:

Join Medacs Healthcare as a Functional Assessor (Occupational Therapist) and use your clinical expertise in a rewarding hybrid role based in Redcar.

As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you'll assess, discuss, and report on how conditions impact daily living through face-to-face and telephone assessments.

Key Skills:

• Strong report writing and communication skills
• Excellent organisation and time management
• Proficiency in typing and IT systems
• Commitment to integrity and high-quality service

Essential Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted HCPC registration
• Registered Occupational therapist
• Applications also welcome from NMC Registered Nurses (RN, RMN, RNLD), HCPC Registered Physiotherapists, and Occupational Therapists
• Minimum 1-year post-registration UK experience (NHS or private healthcare)

Benefits Package:

• Competitive salary with regular increases
• Bonus scheme
• Generous annual leave (25 days + service allowance)
• Flexible working and optional overtime
• NMC/HCPC fee reimbursement and ongoing CPD support (T&Cs apply)
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, life assurance, and more
• Employee well-being support with access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Referral bonus scheme ( ,500) and employee recognition programs
• Access to discounts through our Lifestyle platform

Why Choose Us?

• Develop Your Expertise: Become a skilled clinical assessor and report writer.
• Work Autonomously with Support: Balance independence with team collaboration.
• Career Progression
• Opportunities: Gain experience in coaching, auditing, and
• team management.
• Work-Life Balance: No evenings, weekends, or bank holidays with flexible and hybrid working options.

Ready to Make a Difference?

Join Medacs Healthcare today.

How to Apply:

Please apply with your up-to-date CV.

You must provide evidence of your UK right to work

*OTE based on meeting all eligible criteria including hybrid working, increases + optional overtime

To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying.

We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice that you can view by clicking here

Job Title: Functional Assessor (Registered Occupational Therapist)

Location: Durham, County Durham

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Starting salary £39000 with OTE up to £6,575*

Please Note: Unfortunately, we are not able to support sponsorship to work in the UK at this time.

Join Medacs Healthcare as a Functional Assessor (Registered Occupational Therapist) and use your clinical expertise in a rewarding hybrid role based in Durham.

As an experienced Registered Occupational Therapist, you'll assess, discuss, and report on how conditions impact daily living through face-to-face or telephone assessments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strong report writing and communication skills
• Excellent organisation and time management
• Proficiency in typing and IT systems
• Commitment to integrity and high-quality service

Essential Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted registration
• Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), or Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD)
• Applications also welcome from HCPC Registered Paramedics, Physiotherapists, and Occupational Therapists
• Minimum 1-year post-registration UK experience (NHS or private healthcare)

Benefits Package:

• Competitive salary with regular increases
• Generous annual leave (25 days + service allowance)
• Flexible working and optional overtime
• NMC/HCPC fee reimbursement and ongoing CPD support (T&Cs apply)
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, life assurance, and more
• Employee well-being support with access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Referral bonus scheme ( 500) and employee recognition programs
• Access to discounts through our Lifestyle platform

Why Choose Us?

• Develop Your Expertise: Become a skilled Functional Assessor and report writer.
• Work Autonomously with Support: Balance independence with team collaboration.
• Career Progression Opportunities: Gain experience in coaching, auditing, and
• team management.
• Work-Life Balance: No evenings, weekends, or bank holidays with flexible and hybrid working options.

Ready to Make a Difference? Join Medacs Healthcare today.

How to Apply: Please apply with your up-to-date CV. You must provide evidence of your UK right to work.

*OTE based on meeting all eligible criteria including hybrid working, increases + optional overtime

Position: Occupational Therapist - Neurodevelopmental assessments.

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 (Hybrid)

Role: Permanent full or part time considered 

Salary: £45,000 - £65,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Start: ASAP

Our client is an award-winning, NHS and HSE approved practice dedicated to providing high-quality psychological care across the UK and Ireland. They provide high-quality services to clients across the UK and Ireland, including neurodevelopmental and psychological assessments for adults and children as well as expert witness assessments for the courts and parole boards, assessments in criminal/prison law, family law, immigration law, and medico-legal cases.

The Role:
This is a hybrid role for suitably qualified clinicians working within the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team for children referred for autism and/or ADHD assessments via NHS Patient choice and GP referral.
Some aspects of the role may be undertaken remotely.

The role requires conducting comprehensive specialist assessments including diagnostic assessments of individuals with suspected autism and/or ADHD using established diagnostic tools.

Qualifications:

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist.

• Must be eligible to work in UK.

• Experience in conducting diagnostic neurodevelopmental/ specialist developmental assessments with children and young people.

• ADOS-2/ ADI-R trained.

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Experience in report writing and record keeping.

Benefits:

• Pension.

• Generous Annual Leave allowance.

• Full ongoing training and clinical supervision.

• Birthday day of/ day in lieu.

• Company benefits and discounts.

• Company events.

• Ongoing training and CPD.

• Clinical Supervision integral to the role.