Senior Occupational Therapist in Nottingham

Come and join one of the UK’s largest independent providers in neuro and mental healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

Active Neuro, the specialist neurorehabilitation division of Active Care Group, is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team on a part-time basis. This role is ideal for someone looking to combine hands‑on clinical work with flexibility for other commitments.

You’ll deliver high‑quality, tech‑supported rehabilitation for clients with acquired brain injury, traumatic brain injury, and complex neurological conditions. Our therapists work with cutting‑edge equipment including Arm, Wrist, and Ankle Motus, Luna Robotic EMG, Kinestica Bimeo Hand and Equio Balance systems, and Stella Bio EMG/FES.

At Active Neuro, every interaction is therapeutic. From pre‑admission planning to inpatient programmes and coordinated discharge pathways, we focus on meaningful, long‑term goals—restoring not just independence, but quality of life. Our caseload includes neurological conditions, polytrauma, amputation, and catastrophic injury, with opportunities to contribute to outpatient services and community pathways.

We value professional autonomy, creativity, and innovation. You’ll be supported with personalised CPD, specialist training, and opportunities to collaborate across sites and with partners such as Headway and the Spinal Injuries Association.

If you’re an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference in neurorehabilitation, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note - this advert will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

The role:

This is a part‑time role, perfect for those with other commitments who still want to make a meaningful contribution to neurorehabilitation. You’ll have the flexibility to balance your professional and personal responsibilities while being fully involved in shaping innovative rehabilitation programmes, supporting our clients’ long‑term recovery, and making a real difference in people’s lives.

As our Senior Occupational Therapist, you will:

• Deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based occupational therapy interventions for individuals with complex neurological needs.
• Provide expert clinical leadership within the OT service and actively contribute to innovation and development across the wider MDT.
• Help embed the use of specialist rehabilitation technologies into daily practice, aligned with our 24‑hour rehab model.
• Support junior therapists through supervision, mentoring, and professional development.
• Engage with service‑wide quality improvement projects, outcome measurement, and clinical governance.
• Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights.

About you:

For this role, you'll need:

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist
• Significant post‑registration experience in neurorehabilitation or complex care (including ABI/TBI)
• Advanced clinical reasoning and person‑centred practice
• Strong leadership and team collaboration skills
• A passion for innovation and service improvement

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS. We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• …and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group.