Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
1. Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
- Skills
2. Excellent organisational skills and ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively.
- Skills
3. Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Skills
4. Ability to explain complex information in a clear and concise manner.
- Skills
5. Effective IT user skills, including Microsoft Office applications and the user of electronic patient records system
- Skills
6. Ability to use own initiative to problem solve and meet target deadlines
- Skills
7. Effective time management skills
- Skills
8. Ability to work flexibly in a changeable and fast-paced setting
- Skills
9. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Skills
10. Mentoring and supervision skills.
- Knowledge
1. Knowledge of current best practices and principles within OT
- Knowledge
2. Application of OT process within designated client group and setting
- Knowledge
3. Ability to independently identify and carry out appropriate assessments / interventions within inpatient community setting
- Knowledge
4. Effective planning and coordination of treatment programmes and person-centred goal setting
- Knowledge
5. Ability to assess risk and to work effectively with patients, families and colleagues to address the identified risks in a timely manner
- Knowledge
6. Ability to manage clinical cases with complex physical, environmental and psychosocial factors
- Knowledge
8. Awareness of national and local guidelines and procedures and how they impact OT service delivery.
- Experience
1. Significant experience of carrying out specialist OT assessments and intervention.
- Experience
2. Documented evidence of appropriate continuing professional developmen
- Qualifications
1. Degree and Professional Occupational Therapy qualification
- Qualifications
2. Registered with HCPC.
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
1. Experience of working across health and social care boundaries and within multi agency / disciplinary teams.
- Qualifications
1. Registered with RCOT / other professional body
Job overview
Occupational Therapist - Band 6 (Inpatient Unit, Teddington Memorial Hospital)
1 Year Fixed term contract – Mat Leave Cover
Do you want to be part of a thriving team to further advance your career and skill set? Join our dynamic service that is transforming healthcare.
Are you:
Looking for a fresh challenge?
Innovative and enthusiastic?
Enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team?
If so, our Inpatient Unit needs you.
This is an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of an established multi-disciplinary team. You will be an integral part of the team on the unit, where you will use your clinical expertise to manage a caseload of patients and provide support to junior members of the therapy team.
You will also work in new and innovative ways with partner organizations, working in partnership with secondary care ensuring that the community beds are used efficiently.
To join our friendly and dynamic team we are looking for a self-motivated, autonomous, proactive practitioner committed to your professional development and that of others.
We are looking for practitioners with demonstrable post-registration experience, to bring their skills to our team.
Main duties of the job
- You will be based in the inpatient unit at Teddington Memorial Hospital, where you will use your experience and clinical expertise to ensure that the team delivers high quality, holistic patient care.
- Carry out appropriate assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skills for clients with multiple/highly complex needs.
- Work with clients and staff to identify and agree treatment goals based on assessment outcomes, which balance the complex interaction of risk, safety, client choice, independence, areas of conflict and eligibility for services.
- Use communication, reasoning and negotiation skills to establish a therapeutic relationship in complex and highly complex cases, managing barriers to communication.
In return, we can promise you a supportive working environment, where we will encourage you to develop your career and offer excellent training opportunities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
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 Occupational Therapist with Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust in Teddington, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inc Outer London HCAS (pro-rata). The contract type is 12 months (Mat leave cover - Fixed term or secondment). The application deadline is 12 Nov 2026.
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