Job overview
Looking for a great place to start your career and looking to embed your learning into practice? Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has fantastic rotations that will give you a broad range of learning opportunities and a chance to learn and develop your skills.
Our Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapy posts are a great opportunity to experience the acute hospital and outpatient settings to their full. You will work with a wide range of patients and multi-disciplinary team members; giving you a great opportunity to practice and enhance your OT skills across multiple specialties.
We have 6 month rotations across the following specialties: Acute and Emergency Medicine, Orthopaedics and Surgery, Neurology, Hand Therapy and Complex Medicine. Each rotation will give you an opportunity to work with a variety of highly skilled staff that will help you to develop your knowledge and clinical skills.
The acute setting is fast paced and requires quick and decisive decision making. Although this can be challenging we have great support structures and learning opportunities in place to support new staff to develop their skills.
Applicants who are awaiting HCPC registration can still apply.
Please note interviews will be in person for this role.
Main duties of the job
- To perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse and varied physical and psychological conditions, to determine a diagnosis and formulate and deliver an appropriate individualised treatment programme.
- To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a specific area or ward, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from a senior occupational therapist is available when required. Clinical work is regularly evaluated by a senior occupational therapist.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To supervise work experience students on observational placement, ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- To contribute and participate in evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice and improve
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- To have a broad base of clinical experience obtained through practice education
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working within an acute hospital setting
knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Developed working knowledge of a broad range of occupational therapy assessment and treatment techniques
Desirable
- IT skills to include word processing and e-mail
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT
- HCPC registration or student
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development maintained in a portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of the British association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists (BAOT/COT)
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This advert is for Rotational Occupational Therapist with Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Luton, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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