Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapist

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic occupational therapist to join our dynamic Therapy Services Team across the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital sites, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The post includes six-month rotations across the following areas:

  • Trauma & Orthopaedics
  • Respiratory, including ITU and surgery
  • Health Services for Elderly People, including medical specialities
  • Emergency department, and same day emergency units
  • Acute neurology, including neuro outliers

The rotations give you the opportunity to work across a wide range of clinical specialties, to develop core occupational therapy skills in order to carry out complex occupational therapy assessments of functional ability, cognition, home situation and psychosocial issues. You will be a key member of a large multi-disciplinary team, working together in the best interests of the patients. You will be supported by a highly structured programme of learning and induction by experienced senior occupational therapists.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload, supported by highly skilled Band 6 and Band 7 staff as well as supervising therapy support workers as appropriate. You will be joining a well-established interdisciplinary Therapy team, who work closely with the larger multidisciplinary team.

Each of the speciality therapies teams have with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, and providing an active learning environment. There is a focus on staff welfare and teamwork using the “What matters to you?” framework. We have a varied and comprehensive programme of therapy in-service training and our Therapies Education Team have recently expanded to further support access to on-going education, courses, CPD.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified and experienced occupational therapists. If you are already working as a Band 5 you will be encouraged to enhance your leadership and management skills so that this may be a development pathway to become a Band 6. Excellent communication skills, a solution-focused approach, and a commitment to continuing professional development are essential to this position. It is a requirement for this post to participate in the 7 day working roster and bank holiday cover.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities and we are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them. Enthusiasm for advancing equality for LGBT+, BAME and people with disabilities is essential.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC registration (or applied for if new graduate)

Desirable

  • Membership of the British Association of OT (BAOT)

Experience

Essential

  • Student placements in an acute setting

Desirable

  • Relevant other work experience
  • Previous experience working in a Healthcare setting

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

  • Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current OT skills, practice and theory
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession such as confidentiality, consent and documentation
  • Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
  • Demonstrate effective clinical reasoning skills
  • Effective written and oral communication skills including ability to document information accurately
  • Good personal organisation skills including the ability to prioritise and delegate tasks
  • Awareness of evidence based practice
  • Knowledge of current NHS issues and impact on the OT role
  • Knowledge of research and audit process and the need to maintain clinical standards
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and use supervision constructively
  • Ability to manage time/caseload effectively
  • Demonstrates lateral thinking and problem solving
  • Ability to work flexibly and in an unpredictable working pattern
  • Evidence of computer skills
  • Health, safety and risk awareness
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team

Desirable

  • Evidence of presentation of own research/project work

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: 28 July 2026

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