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Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate Occupational Therapist looking to develop your career in a world-renowned centre of excellence?
At The Royal Marsden, we are proud to offer a supportive, innovative, and professionally enriching environment for Occupational Therapists at all stages of their careers. Whether you're newly qualified or looking to take the next step, this is the place to grow, thrive, and make a real impact.
Why Join Us?
The Band 5 Occupational Therapist provides a high quality cost-effective occupational therapy service for the patient with cancer. As a qualified practitioner, the postholder is a source of knowledge and expertise for patients, relatives and colleagues of all disciplines. With the support of the Band 6 Occupational Therapist, they will organise occupational therapy activities within a defined clinical area and will also liaise closely with all members of the multi-professional rehabilitation team in the provision of a specialist input to a variety of education programmes.
If you’re looking for a rewarding career where your expertise is valued and your development is actively supported, The Royal Marsden is the place for you.
Come and join us—be part of something exceptional
You will be joining a supportive and friendly team of qualified Occupational Therapists working in an acute setting to support needs of patients undergoing cancer treatment across all tumour groups. There is excellent internal and external CPD opportunities, generous support for study leave, parking onsite, and comprehensive staff benefits via Vivup. We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role if you are interested in applying.
Please contact Lauren Blackburn on [email protected] or 0208 661 3090.
For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification
Working under supervision of band 6 in ward and outpatient settings to provide complex clinical assessment of the biomechanical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, perceptual and interpersonal deficits affecting the functioning of individuals with cancer, their families and carers through the use of clinical reasoning.
Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patient’s needs based on activity analysis using a client-centred, problem solving approach.
Developing and implementing treatment and educational groups for people with cancer and their carers.
Assessing and prescribing the wheelchair and specialist seating needs for example paralysis, dystonia, major surgery, extreme fatigue, pressure relief of patients with cancer.