Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you an experienced band 5 or 6 Occupational Therapist wanting to develop or consolidate your skills in an award winning Trust? Do you want to join an exciting band 6 rotational programme that covers a range of specialities across acute and community settings?

We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, driven and forward thinking Occupational Therapists to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation.

Driven by your enthusiasm and interest in gaining a breadth of experience at senior level within a friendly and proactive Occupational Therapy service you would provide specialist assessment and interventions across 20 different areas, including:

o Elective orthopaedics

o Older people/Medicine (OPU)

o Oncology

o Specialist Therapy Assessment Team in A&E

o Lane Fox Unit (Respiratory)

o Surgery/Vascular wards

o Hand therapy

o Trauma & Orthopaedics

o Acuter stroke

o Enhanced Rapid Response & Supported Discharge

o Guys & St Thomas’ @ home service

o The Pulross Centre (inpatient rehabilitation unit)

o Amputee Rehabilitation Unit

o Community Rehabilitation & Falls

o Surgery/ Cardiovascular

o Intermediate care Lambeth

o Intermediate Care Southwark

o Community stroke services

o Urgent response/@home

o Internal flow hub/ Neurology

  • Brompton Heart Therapy Team

Main duties of the job

Each rotation lasts 9 months giving you an opportunity to develop specialist clinical and non-clinical skills.

Our professional offer to you:

As a Band 6 OT you will have an opportunity to:

  • Develop your discipline specific skills, e.g. assess for suitable equipment, minor home adaptations, cognitive assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning
  • Develop your skills in complex case management of clients beyond the scope of your traditional Occupational Therapy practice
  • Develop your skills in holistic assessment, problem solving and joint working with other health and social care colleagues, GPs, hospital teams and voluntary sector agencies
  • Develop supervisory, leadership and service development skills
  • Access appropriate GSTT leadership development training courses to support career development
  • Support you to be involved in Occupational Therapy clinical meetings
  • Develop your skills in service development

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work autonomously with individuals and groups.
  • Knowledge and understanding of activity/occupation in relation to work and well being.
  • Application of Occupational Therapy models of practice and evidence based practice.
  • Knowledge, understanding and application of Occupational Therapy process relating to client centred practice.
  • Demonstrate sound techniques in applying a range of specialist sensory, physical and manual assessments and treatments.
  • Ability to analyse tasks and activities, synthesise findings and develop goal orientated treatment plans.
  • Ability to delegate appropriate tasks to Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor’s, Assistants and students.

Experience

Essential

  • Postgraduate experience in physical disability.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

  • Experience in physical disability.

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy.
  • Adherence to College of Occupational Therapy and HPC guidelines and codes of ethics and
  • State Registration HPC

Desirable

  • Membership of Occupational Therapy special interest groups.
  • Membership of professional body.

Knowledge and Ability

Essential

  • Ability to support, supervise and educate students on practice placements, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Technical Instructors.
  • Understand and apply principles of risk management to clinical practice.
  • Ability to prioritise tasks for self and others.
  • Ability to appreciate the sensitivity, complexity of context, culture and diversity within clinical practice.
  • Ability to manage and recognise differences of opinion in both patient related and inter-professional settings coping positively with interpersonal tensions/barriers.
  • Excellent communication and interactive skills.
  • Willingness to work flexibly.

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: 4 August 2026

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