Static Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you an experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist ready for your next step, or a Band 6 looking to develop your clinical and leadership skills?We have an exciting opportunity to join our Acute Medical Therapy Team at Homerton University Hospital.Working across busy acute medical wards, you will manage a varied and complex caseload across specialties including respiratory and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, haematology and gastroenterology. You will deliver patient-centred assessment and rehabilitation, promote independence and support safe, timely discharge.Working closely with physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dietitians and the wider MDT, you will develop your clinical reasoning, decision-making and skills in complex

Main duties of the job

o Provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients requiring assessment, rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning on the acute inpatient wards. o Work as an autonomous practitioner managing a complex caseload, using advanced clinical reasoning, risk assessment and decision-making skills.o Provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients requiring rehabilitation.o Act as an experienced clinician within the team, providing day to day clinical support, guidance and supervision to Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Students.o Support the operational delivery of the service through contributing to prioritisation, patient flow and discharge planning, including deputising for the band 7 Occupational Therapist as appropriate.o Contribute to the consistency, development and effective functioning of the acute medical occupational therapy service within a rotational workforce.o The post holder will be working in a challenging socio-economic environment, involving patients who have highly complex social problems and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Person Specification

Trust Values

Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree/Diploma Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC registration

Desirable

  • 18 months post graduate experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Able to manage a clinical caseload independently
  • Complex level of discharge planning and hospital flow management
  • Range of assessment and Treatment skills
  • Sound IT skills

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

  • Sound knowledge of the OT process
  • Knowledge of a range of treatment options for different client groups.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of outcome measures
  • Knowledge or experience of QI / Clinical audit

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a range of settings
  • Supervision and appraisal experience

Desirable

  • experience of working in a diverse socio economic/multicultural society

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).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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