Rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Do you have a passion for Occupational Therapy (OT)? Are you looking for a great trust in which to start your career, or perhaps you are looking to build upon your existing Band 5 experience?If so, we would love to offer you an opportunity to work as a Band 5 OT in our highly respected and truly unique mixed rotation hosted by Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust and our mental health partners at East London Foundation Trust.

Our rotations include:

  • The Elderly Care Unit, patients love our reminiscence groups
  • Surgical Rehabilitation Team, our award winning early discharge service
  • Acute Medical Team, work on our Intensive Care Unit
  • AdultCommunity Rehabilitation Team, where you can develop splinting skills
  • Community Neurological Rehabilitation, where you can experience Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Stroke Unit, regularly scores highest in London for delivering intensive Stroke rehabilitation
  • OurRapid Response Team in London’s best performing A&E
  • Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, will develop your cognitive assessment and rehabilitation skills
  • Paediatricsassessing and treating children at home and at school
  • Mental Health Care of Older People, working alongside a specialist dementia care team
  • Learning Difficulties, assessing and treating people with complex behaviour needs
  • Acute Inpatient Psychiatry, develop your mental health assessment skills within recovery focus groups and 1:1 sessions
  • Community Mental Health Services, CQC rated outstanding

Main duties of the job

Take responsibility for managing a client caseload, prioritising as appropriate.

Undertake holistic client-centred occupational therapy assessments using appropriate occupational therapy models of practice and assessment tools working as an autonomous practitioner.

Plan occupational therapy interventions and rehabilitation programmes using a goal oriented approach.

Monitor and evaluate progress and adapt therapy interventions as appropriate

We are proud of the opportunities we offer our Band 5 Occupational Therapists (OT). Our Band 5 training program focuses on making sure you have practical OT skills and develop those early on in the rotation to improve your confidence. We are also proud of our preceptorship program, our attitude towards supervision and support from our senior OTs. We believe we are also skilled at developing senior Band 5’s prior to moving onto Band 6 posts. There are also numerous opportunities to be involved in quality improvement initiatives, case study research and developing students.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Health and Care Professions Council Registered Occupational Therapist

Experience

Essential

  • Undergraduate or post graduate experience of working in a variety of healthcare settings.
  • Experience of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a multicultural society.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of models of OT practice and practical application.
  • Knowledge of the occupational therapy process and its application in clinical practice.
  • Awareness of evidence based practice.

Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Able to carry out culturally sensitive assessments using a range of appropriate assessment tools and models of practice.
  • Able to formulate treatment goals/rehabilitation programmes for clients.
  • Able to manage caseload and prioritise under pressure.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills. Clear, concise reporting skills.
  • Able to work within a MDT.

Trust Values

Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values

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: 13 September 2026

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