# Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist- ITU, Respiratory & Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist-itu-respiratory-and-surgery/1e80aa75-0f94-4d06-a9d2-cbb962431ba3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist-itu-respiratory-and-surgery/1e80aa75-0f94-4d06-a9d2-cbb962431ba3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Peter's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £51,657 - £58,785 per annum inc. HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent: Includes weekend and bank holiday working - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Core working hours Mon-Fri 0800-1600 plus weekends and bank holidays pro-rata) - **Closing date:** 2026-12-02T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-12T12:30:27.342Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Chertsey/Ashford_St_Peters_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8412492 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8412492?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Highly developed skills in assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment in complex situations - Complex risk assessment, discharge planning, problem-solving and individualised patient-centred rehabilitation - Ability to prioritise and manage a complex clinical caseload - Strong communication and relationship-building skills to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in complex/sensitive situations **Desirable** - Leading and motivating others - Coordinating and prioritising caseloads across teams, with effective delegation ### Knowledge **Essential** - Physiological principles underpinning critical illness, respiratory conditions and post-operative recovery - Specialist knowledge of critical care rehabilitation principles - Knowledge of relevant evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines and national guidance - Understanding of clinical governance, audit, risk management, quality improvement and service evaluation processes ### Experience **Essential** - Broad range of rotational experience including surgery, cardiorespiratory and neurology - Complex physical, cognitive and functional rehabilitation management including patient-centred goal setting - Experience managing patients who have been admitted to/stepped down from critical care - Experience supervising, teaching and supporting junior staff - Participating in audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and/or service development activities **Desirable** - Experience of leading audit, quality improvement, service evaluation or service development projects - Experience within vascular surgery, including amputee rehabilitation - Splinting and tone management. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy - HCPC registration **Desirable** - Relevant postgraduate/leadership training - Member of relevant special-interest groups - Member of RCOT ## Documents - [jd & ps 323-ahp2492-ed (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10745412) ## 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.