Rotational Occupational Therapist – Band 6: Sponsorship Available

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity available at the RUH to join our newly created band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation.

Our nine month rotations are a great option for an Occupational Therapist who is looking to extend their skills in a variety of services to support patients of varying ages needing specialist occupational therapy. Rotation areas will include Cancer and Palliative Care, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Hospital at Home, Medicine – Complex Care, Acute Stroke and Frailty Front Door Service.

We continually review our rotations and over time we hope to extend to include other services to increase skills and knowledge in an increased variety of specialties.

The RUH offers the opportunity to work in a progressive and friendly integrated Therapies department. This role will allow the advancement of clinical skills and knowledge in various specialist areas as well as encouraging development of leadership skills including supervision skills, recruitment skills, service development and project management.

If you’re a self-motivated, forward-thinking Occupational Therapist who is looking to join an Adult Therapies Team and help in continuing this progression of the role of Occupational Therapists across the Trust, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention to optimise independence as well as creating rehabilitation plans as appropriate. They will also provide and promote acute rehabilitation to patients within their rotational service area.

They will provide daily clinical management of Occupational Therapy staff and some junior Physiotherapy staff working with their rotational team and provide supervision to occupational therapy students and apprentices.

The post holder will have clinical autonomy and be responsible for the management of their own caseload, have an awareness of the caseload demands within the whole rotational therapy team and allocate clinical capacity according to service demands. This will enable them to co-ordinate the daily service delivery across the hospital in the most effective way.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with HCPC
  • Evidence of relevant and recent professional development

Desirable

  • Membership with Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
  • Training in clinical supervision
  • Leadership qualifications
  • Quality improvement training

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Practical experience and knowledge of clinical conditions relevant to area of work.
  • Significant acute hospital experience
  • Significant experience of working with and discharge planning for patients with complex needs including patients at the end of their life
  • Strong understanding of, and positive view of risk enablement

Desirable

  • Experience supervising less experienced staff and students
  • Experience in clinical service development.
  • Experience working in the community

Specific Skills

Essential

  • Up to date with professional and evidence based practice
  • Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service delivery
  • Car Driver

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: 5 October 2026

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