University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 06 November 2025

Job summary

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Interview: To be confirmed

Main duties of the job

BANK

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) to support the work of the Acute and Older People's Services Therapy teams through a Bank contract. Experience of working as a registered OT in an acute NHS Trust is essential.

Key responsibilities of the position will be to work closely with other health care professionals in assessing, setting treatment programmes and complex discharge planning for patients with multiple pathologies and complex needs.

This is a great opportunity to gain new skills and work in an exciting and very supportive team who are dedicated to providing a high standard of care.

If you have a flexible approach, are well motivated and have a willingness to learn, we would like to hear from you.

Interview Date: To be confirmed

About us

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

'' This is a really exciting time to join UHD! We are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status, due to our partnership with Bournemouth University, delivering highly regarded health services to the local population, the county of Dorset, and beyond. We employ some 10,000 staff, with an ambitious £250m estates program well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) with over seven miles of sandy beaches along our coastline, you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

Details

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

153-TBS00156

Job locations

University Hospitals Dorset

Bournemouth and Poole

BH7 7DW


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 18 months experience must have been undertaken in a physical setting within the NHS.
  • Working with older people and medical patients in the acute setting.
  • Working with patients with perceptual and cognitive dysfunction

Desirable

  • 4 + years experience.
  • Previous experience of the supervision of junior staff.

Skills

Essential

  • Multidisiplinary assessment and planning
  • Skills of goal setting

Other

Essential

  • continuing development and Reflective practitioner
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 18 months experience must have been undertaken in a physical setting within the NHS.
  • Working with older people and medical patients in the acute setting.
  • Working with patients with perceptual and cognitive dysfunction

Desirable

  • 4 + years experience.
  • Previous experience of the supervision of junior staff.

Skills

Essential

  • Multidisiplinary assessment and planning
  • Skills of goal setting

Other

Essential

  • continuing development and Reflective practitioner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals Dorset

Bournemouth and Poole

BH7 7DW


Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals Dorset

Bournemouth and Poole

BH7 7DW


Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Therapies Bank Project Lead

Emma Gurd

emma.gurd@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

153-TBS00156

Job locations

University Hospitals Dorset

Bournemouth and Poole

BH7 7DW


Supporting documents

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