Job overview
Our dedicated Rehabilitation team have an exciting opportunity for those wanting to gain experience in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Our Trust offer a fantastic array of development programmes to accelerate continued professional development.
You will be joining the Rehabilitation Service which includes Physiotherapy and un-registered staff, who are all working together with the vision of promoting therapy and patient independence across all areas of the Trust.
You will work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our community partners, to provide a holistic, patient centred Occupational Therapy service that empowers patients to achieve their goals.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills within frailty, acute medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, and acute stroke with support from senior Occupational Therapists. You will also have the opportunity to undertake rotations within our Paediatric Team!
Each team are committed to supporting individuals with continued professional development, offering preceptorship, regular clinical and managerial supervision, and team development.
There is also an opportunity to take part in regular peer supervision, co-lead journal club and attend training sessions specifically for staff, led by senior staff.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
- Full functional assessment and analysis of patients’ physical presentation
- Assessments for activities of daily living which will incorporate home, work, school, and leisure activities
- Advice on energy conservation/adaptation. This includes transfers, mobility, personal care, and domestic activities
- Prescribing, and arranging provision of equipment. Educating patients and carers in safe use of equipment
- Adapting and evaluating rehabilitation treatment programmes which will include the assessment and fabrication of static hand orthoses
- Assessing patients requiring more than one member of staff for transfers
- Assessment of hoists and other patient handling equipment
- Facilitation of normal movement of upper limb
- Administering standardised assessments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the role
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of NHS experience and covered a variety of occupational therapy services including physical, social, community and mental health as an undergraduate or postgraduate Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- Gained clinical experience within the surgical speciality
- Gained clinical experience within the acute medical speciality
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
- Sound working knowledge of diagnoses and interpretation of disorders
- Ability to plan treatments and use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
- Ability to prioritise and delegate workload
- Committed to life-long learning and continued professional development through post-graduate education
Desirable
- Positive approach to data collection and clinical audit
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
- B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year)
- Health and Professions Council registration
- Car driver and have access to their own car
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This advert is for Rotational Occupational Therapist with The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust in Kings Lynn, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Jul 2026.
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