Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job overview

Are you a passionate Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a dynamic and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our rotational programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of acute and community settings, gaining experience in diverse clinical areas while contributing to high-quality patient care.

You’ll be part of a supportive team delivering specialist OT services across multiple pathways, with rotations every 9 months in areas such as:

• Acute Medicine and Surgery
• Oncology and End of Life Care
• Orthopaedics
• A&E, Short Stay Wards and Frailty
• Community Settings (EPUT/HCT)

Flexibility and adaptability are key, as you’ll be working in an evolving integrated care environment.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist OT assessment and intervention for adults with physical, cognitive, and/or behavioural impairments.
• Manage a complex caseload and contribute to leadership within your team.
• Support safe and timely discharge planning through liaison with community teams.
• Supervise and support junior staff, including Band 5 OTs and assistants.
• Participate in audits, service development, and clinical governance activities.
• Act as a practice educator for OT students and contribute to staff training.
• Deliver advanced OT assessments and individualised treatment plans.
• Prioritise caseloads and make timely referrals to appropriate services.
• Demonstrate expert clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
• Recommend and arrange specialist equipment and environmental adaptations.
• Deputise for the Team Lead when required.
• Provide supervision, appraisal, and support for junior staff.
• Contribute to service development, audits, and evaluation of clinical pathways.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave—a national programme that’s changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.

This means we’re working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.

We’re a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc or MSC in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
• Membership of specialist section groups within the Royal College of
• Occupational Therapy, or other groups relevant to workplace

Experience

Essential

• Adherence to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy code of ethics and
• professional conduct, RCOT and HCPC guidelines
• To use specialist knowledge to inform practice, and policy/service developments
• as applicable. Information not exclusively NHS Long term plan, and NICE, RCP and RCOT guidelines
• At least one year working as an Occupational Therapist within a comparable
• setting
• To be able to critically examine and evaluate own performance within the work setting, initiate change to working practice and demonstrate integration of newly acquired knowledge into practice
• Able to apply Occupational Therapy models of practice and evidence based
• practice
• Demonstrate flexibility and problem solving approach when applying OT process
• Demonstrate a wide range of assessment techniques and tools
• Demonstration of activity analysis and synthesis in the application of the OT
• process
• Understand and apply principles of risk management to clinical practice E
• competencies when delegating daily ta

Desirable

• At least two year's experience working as an Occupational Therapist within a comparable setting
• Experience as practice educator to OT students and/or supervision of more
• junior OT staff
• Car Driver
• Experience of performance management
• Evidence of a service improvement programme you completed that had significant effect on working practice

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

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