# Rotational Occupational Therapist - Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-occupational-therapist-band-6/5f09db10-6e51-4b44-8d24-ddb4bbd6f733 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-occupational-therapist-band-6/5f09db10-6e51-4b44-8d24-ddb4bbd6f733.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal United Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent: None - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (There is an expectation of contribution to weekend rotas within the area of your work - approximately 1 in 4 or 5 weekends.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T11:01:30.429Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Acute/General_Acute-v8291019 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8291019?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity available at the RUH to join our newly created band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation. Our nine month rotations are a great option for an Occupational Therapist who is looking to extend their skills in a variety of services to support patients of varying ages needing specialist occupational therapy. Rotation areas will include Cancer and Palliative Care, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Hospital at Home, Medicine - Complex Care, Acute Stroke and Frailty Front Door Service. We continually review our rotations and over time we hope to extend to include other services to increase skills and knowledge in an increased variety of specialties. The RUH offers the opportunity to work in a progressive and friendly integrated Therapies department. This role will allow the advancement of clinical skills and knowledge in various specialist areas as well as encouraging development of leadership skills including supervision skills, recruitment skills, service development and project management. If you’re a self-motivated, forward-thinking Occupational Therapist who is looking to join an Adult Therapies Team and help in continuing this progression of the role of Occupational Therapists across the Trust, we want to hear from you. If you would like any further information, or to come and visit our Therapies Department please contact Claire Jackson by emailing claire.jackson27@nhs.net ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention to optimise independence as well as creating rehabilitation plans as appropriate. They will also provide and promote acute rehabilitation to patients within their rotational service area. They will provide daily clinical management of Occupational Therapy staff and some junior Physiotherapy staff working with their rotational team and provide supervision to occupational therapy students and apprentices. The post holder will have clinical autonomy and be responsible for the management of their own caseload, have an awareness of the caseload demands within the whole rotational therapy team and allocate clinical capacity according to service demands. This will enable them to co-ordinate the daily service delivery across the hospital in the most effective way. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this 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. ## Person Specification ### Specific Skills **Essential** - Up to date with professional and evidence based practice - Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service delivery - Car Driver ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Practical experience and knowledge of clinical conditions relevant to area of work. - Significant acute hospital experience - Significant experience of working with and discharge planning for patients with complex needs including patients at the end of their life - Strong understanding of, and positive view of risk enablement **Desirable** - Experience supervising less experienced staff and students - Experience in clinical service development. - Experience working in the community ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy - Registration with HCPC - Evidence of relevant and recent professional development **Desirable** - Membership with Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) - Training in clinical supervision - Leadership qualifications - Quality improvement training ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030) - [rotational b6 ot job description and person spec (pdf, 442.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10609042) ## 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.