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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Rotational Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 22 August 2025

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Job summary

Our dedicated Rehabilitation team have an exciting opportunity for those wanting to gain experience in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Our Trust offer a fantastic array of development programmes to accelerate continued professional development.

You will be joining the Rehabilitation Service which includes Physiotherapy and un-registered staff, who are all working together with the vision of promoting therapy and patient independence across all areas of the Trust.

You will work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our community partners, to provide a holistic, patient centred Occupational Therapy service that empowers patients to achieve their goals.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills within frailty, acute medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, and acute stroke with support from senior Occupational Therapists. You will also have the opportunity to undertake rotations within our Community Paediatric Team!

Each team are committed to supporting individuals with continued professional development, offering preceptorship, regular clinical and managerial supervision, and team development.

There is also an opportunity to take part in regular peer supervision, co-lead journal club and attend training sessions specifically for staff, led by senior staff.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

  • Full functional assessment and analysis of patients' physical presentation
  • Assessments for activities of daily living which will incorporate home, work, school, and leisure activities
  • Advice on energy conservation/adaptation. This includes transfers, mobility, personal care, and domestic activities
  • Prescribing, and arranging provision of equipment. Educating patients and carers in safe use of equipment
  • Adapting and evaluating rehabilitation treatment programmes which will include the assessment and fabrication of static hand orthoses
  • Assessing patients requiring more than one member of staff for transfers
  • Assessment of hoists and other patient handling equipment
  • Facilitation of normal movement of upper limb
  • Administering standardised assessments.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.

We love working here and think you will too.

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

426-908-25TAM

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year)
  • Health and Professions Council registration
  • Car driver and have access to their own car

Experience

Essential

  • Broad range of NHS experience and covered a variety of occupational therapy services including physical, social, community and mental health as an undergraduate or postgraduate Occupational Therapist

Desirable

  • Gained clinical experience within the surgical speciality
  • Gained clinical experience within the acute medical speciality
  • Gained clinical experience within orthopaedics
  • Gained clinical experience within the neurology speciality
  • Gained clinical experience within frailty medicine
  • Gained clinical experience within paediatrics

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

  • Good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
  • Sound working knowledge of diagnoses and interpretation of disorders
  • Ability to plan treatments and use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
  • Ability to prioritise and delegate workload
  • Committed to life-long learning and continued professional development through post-graduate education
Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year)
  • Health and Professions Council registration
  • Car driver and have access to their own car

Experience

Essential

  • Broad range of NHS experience and covered a variety of occupational therapy services including physical, social, community and mental health as an undergraduate or postgraduate Occupational Therapist

Desirable

  • Gained clinical experience within the surgical speciality
  • Gained clinical experience within the acute medical speciality
  • Gained clinical experience within orthopaedics
  • Gained clinical experience within the neurology speciality
  • Gained clinical experience within frailty medicine
  • Gained clinical experience within paediatrics

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

  • Good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
  • Sound working knowledge of diagnoses and interpretation of disorders
  • Ability to plan treatments and use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
  • Ability to prioritise and delegate workload
  • Committed to life-long learning and continued professional development through post-graduate education

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Occupational Therapist Acute and Elderly Medicine

Amelia Turner

amelia.turner@qehkl.nhs.uk

01553613613

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

426-908-25TAM

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET


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