# Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-specialist-occupational-therapist-rotational-band-6/b72571b9-cab0-4c3d-b6ab-9ce4594be45a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-specialist-occupational-therapist-rotational-band-6/b72571b9-cab0-4c3d-b6ab-9ce4594be45a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £25.76 Hourly - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - As & When - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T14:00:42.658Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy_Rotational/Occupational_Therapy_Rotational-v8377930 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8377930?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Therapies team at the Royal Free Hospital is innovative, creative, and truly inter-disciplinary. This team always focuses on delivering high quality, patient centred care. Our team is friendly and supportive with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, an active learning environment, staff welfare and teamwork using the “What matters to you?” framework. **VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE** This fantastic opportunity awaits dynamic, motivated Specialist Occupational Therapists looking to develop clinical, operational and leadership skills, as we are currently seeking experienced occupational therapists to join our therapy (rotational) team as Bank staff. The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. You should have proven experience of working in the relevant areas of clinical therapy services. The Occupational Therapist has to attend both ad hoc and regular work within the Band 6 general rotations. The rotations happen on a 9 monthly basis across the following clinical teams: - Vascular and Amputees - Trauma and Orthopaedics - Hand Therapy - Health Services for Older People - Rapid Response / A&E - Acute Stroke and Neurology - Complex Medicine If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your applications. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate should be able to :- 1.Provide specialised Occupational Therapy (OT) service to patients treated within RFH services in the given clinical area. This requires working under guidance and incorporating evidence-based practice (EBP) in the management of patient care. 2.Clinically supervise and guide the professional work of less experienced Therapy staff and students as appropriate, while complying with professional and departmental standards of practice. 3.Assist in operational issues in the absence of the Therapy Team Leader. **For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS** ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Completes an advanced functional assessment and treatment of patients preparing them for safe discharge to home or the community. The caseload consists of patients with physical and mental disabilities, and encompasses various specialist clinical areas of Occupational Therapy. 2.Gains valid, informed consent and has the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment. 3.Carry out complex standardised and non-standardised OT assessments of functional ability (including personal care), cognition, home situation and psychosocial issues, liaising with senior OT staff as required for highly complex patients. RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT 1.Assists with service development by proposing improvements in own clinical area and recommending development of relevant procedures. 2.Identifies areas of unmet patient needs and service gaps and/or areas requiring service development in consultation with the senior therapy clinicians. 3.Supports Departmental and Trust strategies regarding Clinical Governance issues. RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING 1.Assists in induction of new recruits. This may include recommending the development and updating of induction programmes where necessary. 2.Responsible for providing regular supervision and individual performance reviews for less experienced staff with guidance from senior staff. 3.Assists in the training of occupational therapy students, taking responsibility for practice placement education and written assessments. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Others **Essential** - Understanding and compliance of current NHS and Social Care Policies and Equal Opportunities. ### Experience **Essential** - Post-graduate work experience as an Occupational Therapist, including working with patients in relevant clinical areas. - Experience of working as an OT with patients with dementia. - Experience of working as an OT with patients with Neurological conditions. - Experience of working in an inpatient physical setting. - Experience of working in an acute setting. - Experience of a hospital based Occupational Therapy Service, including working with an MDT. ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Evidence of a clear understanding of the role of the Occupational Therapist in an acute hospital setting - Evidence of sound and clear understanding of Occupational Therapy core skills - Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and well established assessment and treatment skills - Evidence of ability to manage a full clinical caseload and prioritise effectively - Evidence of ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance - Evidence of an understanding of the skills required to be an effective team member - Evidence of an understanding of the skills required ensuring effective communication - Evidence of an understanding of multidisciplinary issues and knowledge of the skills required to work efficiently and effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ### Personal Qualities & attributes **Essential** - Professional fluent in written and oral English. - Ability to carry out manual handling practices. - To respond positively to changes in working practices. - Support, adapt and participate in evaluations/changes to services. - A flexible approach to service delivery and needs. ### Education & professional Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration in OT **Desirable** - Member of Specialist OT Section group ## Documents - [functional requirement (pdf, 111.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706425) - [bank occupational therapist (rotational) band 6 -ps (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706424) - [bank occupational therapist (rotational) band 6 - jd (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706423) - [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752) ## 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.