Location
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata for part time roles
Profession
Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
16 Feb 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 11 months (One in four weekends and one Bank Holiday per year)
Posted Date
02 Feb 2026

Job overview

Are you an Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration? Are you looking for the next step in your career? Or maybe you’re looking for a change in scenery as a Senior Occupational Therapist?

Join our large and inspirational Adult Therapies Service as UHBW as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, where you will develop your career in-line with the RCOT Career Framework!

Our team is made up of 400 colleagues who collaboratively work across Bristol & Weston sites.  You can find out more about the Adult Therapies Service here: Therapies - UHBW Careers

This is an exciting fixed term cross-site rotational role where you will gain specialist skills and knowledge to help develop and guide you through your career.

Main duties of the job

Within this role, you may rotate across a variety of specialities. Rotations will include Weston and Bristol hospital sites. These rotations include:

  • Medicine
  • Trauma and Orthopaedics
  • Critical Care, Cardiac and Surgery
  • Older Person Therapy
  • Stroke
  • Paediatrics
  • Oncology

During your rotation, you’ll be building relationships with new teams and adapting to new environments and sites, all that offer unique benefits and incentives such as:

  • Supportive, integrated team working
  • IST/journal clubs/ research opportunities
  • Protected and regular Clinical supervision from a Team Lead OT/ Clinical Specialist OT
  • Service development and QI projects
  • Cake rotas

Want to hear more about the benefits of working at UHBW? Click here for more staff benefits: https://www.uhbwcareers.nhs.uk/staff-benefits

We encourage you to get in touch with Occupational Therapist and Pathway Lead – Claire, for an informal chat on 0117 342 1469 or email [email protected].  Fancy meeting in person? Please get in touch and ask for a tour of the department!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.