# Band 6 Occupational Therapist (Rotational) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-occupational-therapist-rotational/d73d7899-dab8-404c-89cb-a5cc3a9cb287 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-occupational-therapist-rotational/d73d7899-dab8-404c-89cb-a5cc3a9cb287.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 to £48,117 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-06-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T10:49:20.281Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0020-26-0788?employerCode=C0020 - **Application URL:** https://uhb.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/15045?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.uhb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary This is your opportunity to join dynamic and evolving therapy teams at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals; part of UHB. Developing your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills and support your career development. We have exciting Band 6 rotation to support your learning in a variety of clinical areas including Macmillan, HCOP, Medicals, ED, Short Stay Therapy, Solihull IMC, T&O and Respiratory. alongside a new Initiative role The Home first rotation is new OT rotation to enable a Band 6 Occupational therapist to establish skills in functional assessments and clinical decision making to support discharge planning and the Home first strategy. Ideal if you are an experienced Band 5 or a Band 6 looking for new opportunities, alternatively we welcome those wishing to consider our innovative Band 6 post where you will have a support and training to develop. Are you dynamic, innovative and highly motivated HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with experience in a broad range of therapy teams/clinical areas. You will be an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of occupational therapy disciplines. Alternatively, this experience could be invaluable for your career progression to Band 7 roles. You will be working within a friendly supportive environment where we are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff. ### Main duties of the job To provide therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients in a variety of specialties within the Acute hospital and community setting; Focusing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases, applying Occupational Therapy knowledge and the OT process. There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways and supporting patients in the outpatient community setting. You should possess excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills; and have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team. Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Furthermore, assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic Therapy Support Workers and Junior therapists. You should be willing to participate in seven days working. In return you will gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience. For further information regarding this post please, contact Craig Colton Clinical Team Lead on 0121 424 1490 ### About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. ### Details - Date posted: 08 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 304-9008350-1 - Job locations: Trustwide, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Job Details This is your opportunity to join dynamic and evolving therapy teams at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals; part of UHB. Developing your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills and support your career development. We have exciting Band 6 rotation to support your learning in a variety of clinical areas including Macmillan, HCOP, Medicals, ED, Short Stay Therapy, Solihull IMC, T&O and Respiratory. alongside a new Initiative role The Home first rotation is new OT rotation to enable a Band 6 Occupational therapist to establish skills in functional assessments and clinical decision making to support discharge planning and the Home first strategy. Ideal if you are an experienced Band 5 or a Band 6 looking for new opportunities, alternatively we welcome those wishing to consider our innovative Band 6 post where you will have a support and training to develop. Are you dynamic, innovative and highly motivated HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with experience in a broad range of therapy teams/clinical areas. You will be an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of occupational therapy disciplines. Alternatively, this experience could be invaluable for your career progression to Band 7 roles. You will be working within a friendly supportive environment where we are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff. ## Job Description To provide therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients in a variety of specialties within the Acute hospital and community setting; Focusing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases, applying Occupational Therapy knowledge and the OT process. There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways and supporting patients in the outpatient community setting. You should possess excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills; and have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team. Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Furthermore, assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic Therapy Support Workers and Junior therapists. You should be willing to participate in seven days working. In return you will gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience. For further information regarding this post please, contact Craig Colton Clinical Team Lead on 0121 424 1490 ## Responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in discharge planning. - *Team/service development - *A specialist knowledge across a range of OT treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy - *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action. - *Understanding of current legislation and application to OT **Desirable** - *Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff - *An understanding of discharge routes in the community ### Qualifications **Essential** - *Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy - *Registered with HPC - *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate - *training relevant to clinical speciality - *Evidence of leadership training - *Good standard of general education including GCSE - *English and maths grade C or above - * A Levels or equivalent qualification **Desirable** - *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & Powerpoint - *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload Demonstrate enthusiasm for speciality Demonstrate a professional attitude An ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team - *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on an appropriate course of action - *An ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team - *Demonstrate a professional attitude - *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis - *An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments - *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations - *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the relevant team - * Able to contribute to weekend service - *Ability to work varied shift patterns commensurate to service area **Desirable** - *Desirable Able to drive with maximum 3 points on driving licence ## Documents - [JD PS.pdf (PDF, 768 KB)](document:2949960) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.