Rotational Occupational Therapist

OverviewThe Great Western Hospital are looking to recruit Band 5 Occupational Therapists as part of our well-established rotational programme. We are welcoming experienced OTs as well as students that have qualified in summer 2025.

Rotational Programme areas

In patient Orthopaedics

Acute Medicine and surgery

Front Door

Acute Stroke Unit

General and Stroke inpatient rehab

General Rehab and step-down/complex discharge planning

Community Rehab

The Rotational Programme can be tailored to accommodate your interests and your learning and development needs. If you would like to find out more information about this opportunity or to arrange a brief department walk around, please get in touch with Louise White or Briony Howard on 01793 646371. We look forward to hearing from you!

Responsibilities

Manage and be responsible for an assigned clinical caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused, rehabilitative or compensatory approach for a broad range of conditions, within hospital/community settings.

Assess occupational performance then plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based client centred interventions maintaining the associated records in compliance with the standards from the College Of Occupational Therapy, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Community Intermediate Care Team.

Communicate with other multi-disciplinary team members, families, carers, and external agencies concerned with the management of the patient.

Participate in the Band 5 Rotation Scheme.

Develop skills and knowledge through the competency framework and participate in continuous professional development, in-service training and any other developmental activities.

Screen and prioritise referrals within an assigned caseload, following service standards and referring to other agencies where necessary.

Undertake standardised and non-standardised basic Occupational Therapy assessments and analyse in the context of the patient''s daily activities, for a designated caseload following department standards and protocols.

Please see the attached job description for full information.

Qualifications and Requirements

Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.

Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria. From 4 April 2024, UK immigration policy changes have increased minimum salary levels for skilled workers.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements.

Eligibility for sponsorship: Not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.

Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.

DBS: Candidates are responsible for the cost of their own DBS check if required (£21.50 Standard; £49.50 Enhanced; these amounts are recoverable from the first two pay periods). Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.

Additional informationWe are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed. Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances now well over 100,000 per year. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and a Veteran Aware organisation, and we have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

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