# Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Carshalton
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £25.89 - £41.43 Bank
- **Contract type:** 0 days (Bank)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days a week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-02-02T08:06:29.348Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Surrey/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/AHP/AHP-v7776711
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7776711?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Our ambition is to provide an outstanding level of care to our patients and communities.

Above all we value respect. This means everyone at the Trust – whether a member of staff, a patient or their loved ones – can expect to be treated with respect, whatever their role or background. This ensures kind, positive, professional teamwork, delivering great care to every patient, every day. By choosing to work here, you also choose to value and role model respect.

This means having respect for the Trust and your roles and responsibilities, as well as colleagues, patients and anyone who interacts with the Trust.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for assessment, treatment planning and intervention delivery of patients referred to their caseload. The post holder will be required to supervise junior staff, technicians, assistants and students as appropriate. They will be expected to participate in development and monitoring of service standards and to assist in the running of the day to day service and working collaboratively towards cross competency working with the MDT.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Patient Care  To assist in planning and providing a high quality service for service users, in conjunction with the service manager and senior therapists.  To be responsible for managing own case load and prioritising as appropriate.  Depending on complexity of client need and caseload, take responsibility for designated caseload of patients to negotiate, agree and plan interventions.  To keep up to date comprehensive records/reports, which are clear and concise for the Patients records and which comply with quality standards of Trust/Service policies and meet legal requirements.  To monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measures and evaluation of practice.  To apply good clinical reasoning skills in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge for Patients requiring OT intervention

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information, please have a look at the attached job description about the role.

## Job Details

Our ambition is to provide an outstanding level of care to our patients and communities.

Above all we value respect. This means everyone at the Trust – whether amember of staff, a patient or their loved ones – can expect to be treated with respect, whatever their role or background. This ensures kind, positive, professional teamwork, delivering great care to every patient, every day. By choosing to work here, you also choose to value and role model respect.

This means having respect for the Trust and your roles and responsibilities, as well as colleagues, patients and anyone who interacts with the Trust.

## Job Description

The post holder will be responsible for assessment, treatment planning and intervention delivery of patients referred to their caseload. The post holder will be required to supervise junior staff, technicians, assistants and students as appropriate. They will be expected to participate in development and monitoring of service standards and to assist in the running of the day to day service and working collaboratively towards cross competency working with the MDT.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIESPatient Care To assist in planning and providing a high quality service for service users, in conjunction with the service manager and senior therapists. To be responsible for managing own case load and prioritising as appropriate. Depending on complexity of client need and caseload, take responsibility for designated caseload of patients to negotiate, agree and plan interventions. To keep up to date comprehensive records/reports, which are clear and concise for the Patients records and which comply with quality standards of Trust/Service policies and meet legal requirements. To monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measures and evaluation of practice. To apply good clinical reasoning skills in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge for Patients requiring OT intervention

## Responsibilities

For more information, please have a look at the attached job description about the role.

## Person Specification

### 6 Months Experience

**Essential**

- Essential

**Desirable**

- Essential

### Professional Registation

**Essential**

- Essential

**Desirable**

- Essential

## Documents

- [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677)
- [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 91.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3008)
- [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678)
- [occupational therapist - molesey community hospital (pdf, 679.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10042897)

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