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Job overview
Full time 37.5 hours per week. .
Are you a Newly qualified Occupational Therapist? Bolton NHS Foundation Trust would like to get your new career off to the best start in our high-performing, friendly and supportive Trust. Here at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust we have a great role waiting for you.
If you have a passion for delivering outstanding care and making a positive difference to the lives of the people in your care, then we want to hear from you!
This is an opportunity to join the team within Occupational Therapy rotation.
The rotations are 6 monthly, rotating through hospital and community services which currently cover: Orthopaedics, Home First, Inpatient Therapies, Surgery, Stroke, Social Services (Independent Living Services), Community Therapy, Palliative Care and Intermediate Care bed based.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to have excellent clinical reasoning and problem skills with an ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches relevant to specialist area you are on rotation. You will work within effective multidisciplinary teams.
Have a key Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt your communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff
You will be an effective team player, inspirational, flexible, adaptable, enthusiastic and fully committed to the development of patient focused, clinically effective and efficient services.
Successful candidates will participate in and be supported through a well-established preceptorship programme, you will receive regular supervision and appraisals, in service training and peer support forum, in addition to the opportunity to develop and consolidate your clinical skills.
You will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and its users, which may include weekends, late and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
It is essential you are a driver, with access to a vehicle insured for business use, subject to the conditions of the DDA.
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
other
Essential
- Car owner/driver subject to the conditions of the DDA
Skills
Essential
- Clinical reasoning skills
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches relevant to specialist areas on rotation.
- Appropriate physical and sensory skill as required by profession
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff
- Ability to deal with complex and sensitive information and act appropriately.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks
- Ability to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to establish good working relationships
- Computer skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of conditions and their management achieved through experience or study
- Demonstrate learning about all the professions within the team
- An understanding of quality governance and evidence based practice
- Knowledge of recent NHS & Trust developments and their impact on the service
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of clinical experience gained through student placements or post graduate experience.
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients with complex needs
- Experience of problem solving
- Experience of effective team working
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication
- Participation in clinical audit
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of appropriate professional body
- ECDL
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This advert is for Occupational Therapist with Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in Bolton, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 06 Aug 2026.
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