Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Highly developed skills in assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment in complex situations
- Skills
Complex risk assessment, discharge planning, problem-solving and individualised patient-centred rehabilitation
- Skills
Ability to prioritise and manage a complex clinical caseload
- Skills
Strong communication and relationship-building skills to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
- Skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in complex/sensitive situations
- Knowledge
Physiological principles underpinning critical illness, respiratory conditions and post-operative recovery
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge of critical care rehabilitation principles
- Knowledge
Knowledge of relevant evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines and national guidance
- Knowledge
Understanding of clinical governance, audit, risk management, quality improvement and service evaluation processes
- Experience
Broad range of rotational experience including surgery, cardiorespiratory and neurology
- Experience
Complex physical, cognitive and functional rehabilitation management including patient-centred goal setting
- Experience
Experience managing patients who have been admitted to/stepped down from critical care
- Experience
Experience supervising, teaching and supporting junior staff
- Experience
Participating in audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and/or service development activities
- Qualifications
Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Qualifications
HCPC registration
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Leading and motivating others
- Skills
Coordinating and prioritising caseloads across teams, with effective delegation
- Experience
Experience of leading audit, quality improvement, service evaluation or service development projects
- Experience
Experience within vascular surgery, including amputee rehabilitation
- Experience
Splinting and tone management.
- Qualifications
Relevant postgraduate/leadership training
- Qualifications
Member of relevant special-interest groups
- Qualifications
Member of RCOT
Job overview
Join our vibrant and supportive team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. We’re looking for a passionate Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to manage a small, dynamic team and drive service development within Critical Care and the Cardiorespiratory and Surgical wards.
As the Band 7, you will oversee the day-to-day operational management of Occupational Therapy services across Cardiorespiratory, Critical Care and Surgery, providing clinical leadership and supervision to our OT team (2 x Band 6, 2 x Band 5 and 1 x Band 4). You will work autonomously with complex patients, leading advanced assessments and rehabilitation planning within a multidisciplinary team. You will also act as a clinical expert resource, contributing to service development, quality improvement, research and audit activity.
Working within a friendly, collaborative and well-established multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in further developing and embedding Occupational Therapy within Critical Care, helping to shape rehabilitation pathways and improve outcomes for critically ill patients across their recovery journey.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will
Ø Provide specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with critical illness and complex post-operative needs, addressing physical, cognitive, psychological and functional recovery.
Ø Lead the day-to-day operational delivery and development of Occupational therapy services to critical care, respiratory and surgical wards.
Ø Work autonomously as an expert clinician and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to support shared decision-making, optimise patient outcomes and facilitate patient pathways from critical care through to discharge.
Ø Participate in critical care follow up clinic.
Ø Provide clinical leadership and supervision to occupational therapists, therapy assistants and students, contributing to workforce development.
Ø Lead and support education and training programmes, including competency development, student education and MDT learning opportunities.
Ø Drive service improvement, quality assurance, audit, research and innovation activities, contributing to clinical governance and the achievement of local and national strategic objectives.
Ø Support the Trust’s move towards 7-day working by contributing to OT service provision on extended hours, weekends, and bank holidays.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for full details about the role and person specification.
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.
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This advert is for Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist- ITU, Respiratory & Surgery with Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Chertsey, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £51,657 - £58,785 per annum inc. HCAS. The contract type is Permanent: Includes weekend and bank holiday working. The application deadline is 02 Dec 2026.
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