# Bank Occupational Therapist - Acute Therapies B5/6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-occupational-therapist-acute-therapies-b56/ca0770d4-3277-485d-90ae-d16f818000f4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-occupational-therapist-acute-therapies-b56/ca0770d4-3277-485d-90ae-d16f818000f4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Carshalton - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £20.25 - £39.38 Bank - **Contract type:** 0 days (Bank) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, To be discussed, upon successful interview - **Closing date:** 2026-08-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T10:31:23.372Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Carshalton_Epsom/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapist/Occupational_Therapist-v6556161 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/6556161?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Main duties of the job - To manage own diary to ensure an appropriate balance of clinical responsibility along with the ability to be flexible when dealing with emergencies - To take responsibility for urgent referrals and other clinical telephone queries when necessary. - To arrange annual leave in conjunction with other team members, in line with local and Trust policies. - To work co- operatively with colleagues regarding equipment resources. - To flexibly plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings, training and adjusting plans as required according to staffing levels and work prioritisation. - Be able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions - To assist in the planning of junior staff, students and assistants timetables and deputise for the band 7 in organisational duties. - To participate at meetings where appropriate for professional and educational purposes. To chair or minute take when required - To carry out all necessary administration involved in ordering equipment within budget limits. To know the process involved when ordering from suppliers, being able to query and trace orders through the system. - To contribute towards planning/developing the service by involvement in monitoring and evaluating activities, sharing ideas in team meetings and supporting improvement. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To assist in planning and providing a high quality service for service users, in conjunction with the service manager and senior therapists. - To be responsible for managing own case load and prioritising as appropriate. - Depending on complexity of client need and caseload, take responsibility for designated caseload of patients to negotiate, agree and plan interventions. - To keep up to date comprehensive records/reports, which are clear and concise for the client’s records and which comply with quality standards of Trust/Service policies and meet legal requirements. - To monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measures and evaluation of practice. - To apply good clinical reasoning skills in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge for clients requiring OT intervention - To monitor and review the client’s progress to ensure a consistent, equitable, high quality service, and to change intervention to meet clinical need as necessary. - To work with clients and carers to assist them in making decisions regarding their needs by providing relevant information and advice. - To liaise with multidisciplinary team and use clinical judgement, to plan and carry out Access, Home and Follow up visits (to patient’s home) depending on clients needs. - To provide a high standard of intervention for clients of all ages (involving carers where appropriate) and carrying out assessments in client’s homes, residential care establishments, hospitals and other locations as appropriate. - To follow departmental procedures for the completion of risk assessments when necessary. - To assess, advise and provide appropriate equipment. To take responsibility for demonstrating safe equipment use and training for clients and carers. (Complying with moving and handling regulations). - To have knowledge of Departments’ policy of dealing with decontamination and safe handling of contaminated equipment. To ensure that assessment equipment is in good condition at all times (complying with infection control procedures). ## Job Description To manage own diary to ensure an appropriate balance of clinical responsibility along with the ability to be flexible when dealing with emergencies To take responsibility for urgent referrals and other clinical telephone queries when necessary. To arrange annual leave in conjunction with other team members, in line with local and Trust policies. To work co- operatively with colleagues regarding equipment resources. To flexibly plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings, training and adjusting plans as required according to staffing levels and work prioritisation. Be able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions To assist in the planning of junior staff, students and assistants timetables and deputise for the band 7 in organisational duties. To participate at meetings where appropriate for professional and educational purposes. To chair or minute take when required To carry out all necessary administration involved in ordering equipment within budget limits. To know the process involved when ordering from suppliers, being able to query and trace orders through the system. To contribute towards planning/developing the service by involvement in monitoring and evaluating activities, sharing ideas in team meetings and supporting improvement. ## Responsibilities To assist in planning and providing a high quality service for service users, in conjunction with the service manager and senior therapists. To be responsible for managing own case load and prioritising as appropriate. Depending on complexity of client need and caseload, take responsibility for designated caseload of patients to negotiate, agree and plan interventions. To keep up to date comprehensive records/reports, which are clear and concise for the client’s records and which comply with quality standards of Trust/Service policies and meet legal requirements. To monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measures and evaluation of practice. To apply good clinical reasoning skills in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge for clients requiring OT intervention To monitor and review the client’s progress to ensure a consistent, equitable, high quality service, and to change intervention to meet clinical need as necessary. To work with clients and carers to assist them in making decisions regarding their needs by providing relevant information and advice. To liaise with multidisciplinary team and use clinical judgement, to plan and carry out Access, Home and Follow up visits (to patient’s home) depending on clients needs. To provide a high standard of intervention for clients of all ages (involving carers where appropriate) and carrying out assessments in client’s homes, residential care establishments, hospitals and other locations as appropriate. To follow departmental procedures for the completion of risk assessments when necessary. To assess, advise and provide appropriate equipment. To take responsibility for demonstrating safe equipment use and training for clients and carers. (Complying with moving and handling regulations). To have knowledge of Departments’ policy of dealing with decontamination and safe handling of contaminated equipment. To ensure that assessment equipment is in good condition at all times (complying with infection control procedures). ## Person Specification ### 6 Months Experience **Essential** - Essential **Desirable** - Essential ### Professional Registation **Essential** - Essential **Desirable** - Essential ## Documents - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 440.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3008) - [occupational therapist - band 6 (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9445759) ## 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.