Senior Occupational Therapist – Rotational

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 38,682 to 46,580 £ / Year

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Exciting Opportunities for Band 6 Occupational Therapists!

We are delighted to offer exciting opportunities for Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our dynamic and supportive Therapy Services at the William Harvey Hospital.

These roles provide the chance to work within the Emergency Department, Frailty, Stroke, Medical, Trauma & Orthopaedics, HCOOP, Surgical and Critical Care services. Delivering high-quality, patient-centred care at some of the most pivotal points in the patient journey. Whether working within rotational posts or specialist services, you will play a key role in assessment, clinical decision-making, and proactive discharge planning.

You will work as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Discharge Managers, contributing to safe patient flow, optimising functional outcomes, and supporting timely transitions of care.

We welcome applications from motivated Occupational Therapists who are passionate about acute care, frailty, emergency services, and service development.

We are happy to consider return to practice or developmental posts.

If you are interested in learning more about this post or would like to spend some time with the team, please contact us via the details below.

Main duties of the job

Main duties involve:

  • To manage daily a clinical caseload of patients, and be responsible for the assessment, formulation and treatments and to give specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
  • To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team
  • To be actively involved with training within the Department in support of new graduate Occupational therapists, student therapists, therapy apprentices and support workers alongside other senior members of the team

These posts offer:

  • Exposure to a fast-paced and varied clinical environment
  • Opportunities to develop advanced clinical and leadership skills
  • Strong MDT working and collaborative service delivery
  • Ongoing professional development, supervision, and support
  • The chance to make a meaningful impact on patient care from admission through to discharge.

Additional information can be found within the attached full Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • BSc Occupational Therapist
  • HCPC Registration

Desirable

  • Member of RCOT

Skills

Essential

  • Highly developed clinical skills in acute inpatient setting
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent time management

Desirable

  • Evidence of working within acute inpatient setting
  • Competent presentation skills

Experience

Essential

  • 18 months post graduate experience in relevant specialist area of Inpatients, general rotations
  • Proven record of providing high quality intervention for high risk patients
  • Experience working within a fast pace setting or emergency department

Desirable

  • Experience working within acute inpatient setting
  • Experience managing challenging situations

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC
  • Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice.
  • Knowledge of discharge pathways

Desirable

  • Experience providing complex assessments and discharge planning
  • Experience using appropriate outcome measures linked to the assessment of medical/frailty patients
  • Knowledge of extended role of Occupational Therapy within discharge pathways

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: 19 July 2026

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