# Occupational Therapist - Acute Respiratory and Rehabilitation Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-acute-respiratory-and-rehabilitation-team/90cafa48-ca14-4e92-9de4-03a475e3a5f3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-acute-respiratory-and-rehabilitation-team/90cafa48-ca14-4e92-9de4-03a475e3a5f3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kings Lynn - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** 8 months (This is a fixed term contract, however, there is an opportunity for a secondment with your line manager's approval) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working as part of an agreed rota, in future full 7 day pattern will be adopted) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T09:12:45.872Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8064864 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8064864?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist wishing to take their next steps on the career ladder and looking for a new challenge. The individual needs to be proactive and enthusiastic and will be joining the Acute Respiratory and Rehab Team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The post holder working as part of an integrated team will work as an autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard of intervention across the speciality. This integrated team is committed to providing highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within the wide variety of acute medical and surgical wards. You will be required to work alongside your colleagues as an independent practitioner in applying a high level of clinical reasoning to ensure individualised, proactive and holistic assessment and treatment planning. This full time post is for 8 month fixed term, supporting the team during a maternity leave. ### Main duties of the job As a member of both the integrated rehabilitation service and the multidisciplinary teams on the wards, excellent skills in communication are essential. As a Band 6 therapist you will be supporting and developing rotational Band 5 therapists.  The role also involves supervising therapy support staff and educating therapy students on placement. There will be opportunities for innovation and an expectation that you will be actively involved in relevant quality improvement projects to develop the Acute Medicine team. The integrated Rehabilitation Service aims to provide a progressive, forward thinking approach to patient care whilst able to support its staff in personal development and continued education and training. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the job role. ## Job Details We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist wishing to take their next steps on the career ladder and looking for a new challenge. The individual needs to be proactive and enthusiastic and will be joining the Acute Respiratory and Rehab Team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The post holder working as part of an integrated team will work as an autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard of intervention across the speciality. This integrated team is committed to providing highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within the wide variety of acute medical and surgical wards. You will be required to work alongside your colleagues as an independent practitioner in applying a high level of clinical reasoning to ensure individualised, proactive and holistic assessment and treatment planning. This full time post is for 8 month fixed term, supporting the team during a maternity leave. ## Job Description As a member of both the integrated rehabilitation service and the multidisciplinary teams on the wards, excellent skills in communication are essential. As a Band 6 therapist you will be supporting and developing rotational Band 5 therapists. The role also involves supervising therapy support staff and educating therapy students on placement. There will be opportunities for innovation and an expectation that you will be actively involved in relevant quality improvement projects to develop the Acute Medicine team. The integrated Rehabilitation Service aims to provide a progressive, forward thinking approach to patient care whilst able to support its staff in personal development and continued education and training. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the job role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates experience of working within acute medical and surgical specialities - Shows evidence of a broad range of NHS experience working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team **Desirable** - Has a range of Occupational Therapy clinical experience which includes working in an acute setting and completing home/environmental assessments ### Skills, abilities and knowledge **Essential** - Clinical reasoning skills - Good knowledge of neurology, human anatomy and physiology - Knowledge of appropriate equipment to enhance engagement in occupation - Ability to prioritise and delegate workload and work in a pressurised working environment - Able to demonstrate a good understanding of role of Occupational Therapy in rehabilitation **Desirable** - Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy Assessments and Interventions including Standardised Assessments and current evidence-based practice - Management of a varied acute caseload with patients with complex multi-morbidities and frailty ### Qualifications/training and professional development **Essential** - B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year) - Health and Care Professions Council registration - Current driving licence **Desirable** - Practice Educator Course and ability to supervise under-graduate Occupational Therapists. - RCOT membership ## Documents - [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570) - [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315) - [say hello to wage stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 225.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10355547) ## 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.