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Occupational therapist jobs in Nottinghamshire
Adult social care in Nottinghamshire employs people in 150 filled occupational therapist posts, on the most recent Skills for Care count. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Nottinghamshire
What the official data says about Nottinghamshire
Skills for Care recorded 150 filled occupational therapist posts in Nottinghamshire in 2024/25, out of 175 occupational therapist posts in total.
The occupational therapist role is 0.6% of the 27,000 filled adult social care posts in Nottinghamshire. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in Nottinghamshire, only 24.6% across all care roles in the area.
On filled occupational therapist posts, Nottinghamshire ranks 1st of the 9 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 25 filled occupational therapist posts, against 150 in Nottinghamshire. Across the 116 published England areas the middle is 25.
For the shape of the rest of the Nottinghamshire workforce, the same release records 350 filled social worker posts, 600 filled registered nurse posts and 950 filled community support and outreach posts.
Reported median pay in Nottinghamshire was £21.09 an hour for the occupational therapist role and about £40,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Nottinghamshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Skills for Care withholds a vacancy rate, a turnover rate for the occupational therapist role in Nottinghamshire: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.
Full-time workers in Nottinghamshire earn a median of £33,751 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Nottinghamshire at £25,000, £8,751 below it.
- Occupational therapist, filled posts
- 150
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 8.1%
- Occupational therapist, median full-time annual pay
- £40,600
- Occupational therapist, posts in total
- 175
- Occupational therapist, median hourly pay
- £21.09
The occupational therapist role
Occupational therapy in social care is about what a person needs to be able to do, and what would have to change for them to keep doing it. Equipment, adaptations, routines, technique and confidence are all on the table.
A typical caseload mixes home visits, moving and handling assessments, major adaptation recommendations and joint work with social workers, housing teams and families.
Occupational therapist jobs in Nottinghamshire: common questions
How many occupational therapist jobs are there in Nottinghamshire?
Skills for Care recorded 150 filled occupational therapist posts in Nottinghamshire in 2024/25. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in Nottinghamshire.
What does a occupational therapist earn in Nottinghamshire?
Median reported pay in Nottinghamshire was £21.09 an hour, or about £40,600 a year full time, from local authority and independent sector employers. Each advert states its own rate, and that is the figure that counts.
Do I need experience to apply for occupational therapist jobs in Nottinghamshire?
HCPC registration as an occupational therapist. A recognised occupational therapy degree. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Each advert in Nottinghamshire sets out what that employer asks for.