# Rotational Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-occupational-therapist/e9859d33-dcda-46a4-903f-d15ea6f4addb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-occupational-therapist/e9859d33-dcda-46a4-903f-d15ea6f4addb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 per annum inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T11:00:41.667Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/OT_PT_Critical_Care_Surgery_Medicine_WCH/OT_PT_Critical_Care_Surgery_Medicine_WCH-v8354343 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8354343?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and versatile Occupational Therapist looking to start or progress your career within a supportive and dynamic team? Join us at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust – the largest NHS trust in the UK. We are currently recruiting for Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join our established site-based rotation, offering excellent development opportunities across specialties including orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, older people’s services, and the emergency therapy team. ### Main duties of the job To work as an autonomously provide high quality occupational therapy interventions to a wide variety of patients including the assessment and treatment of patients, provision of individual and group education and treatment sessions, provision of assistive devices (orthotics and prosthetics) and equipment and minor home adaptations in a wide variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient departments and the patients home. Working in a number of specialties across Barts Health NHS Trust including respiratory and critical care, acute admissions unit, neurosciences and stroke, trauma and orthopaedics, cancer services and hand therapy. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Motivated and passionate about the OT profession - Ability to work independently and as part of a team. - Reliable work record. **Desirable** - Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists - Understanding of and commitment to Royal College of Occupational Therapy and HPC guidelines, code of ethics and professional conduct. - Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety legislation and ability to integrate into clinical practice. ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to prioritise, organise and delegate - Ability to communicate and present information, orally and in writing, in a clear and logical manner to patients and carers who may have difficulties understanding or comprehending. - Understanding of the legal and ethical responsibilities of the profession - Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and manage competing demands and interruptions. - Ability to cope working in a range of treatment environments at a fast pace and with emotional and/or aggressive patients and carers **Desirable** - Competent IT skills - Presentation skills - Ability to assess and educate clients and carers about safe transfer techniques (including use of equipment and adaptations) ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of a broad range of clinical conditions. - Knowledge of OT in the acute setting. ### Experience **Essential** - Completed varied clinical placements. **Desirable** - Experience of working within a multidisciplinary and/or occupational therapy team - Experience of working in diverse communities and/or social care and health settings ### Qualifications **Essential** - Completed degree in Occupational Therapy - HCPC registered ## Documents - [wxh bus route (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10680110) - [job description (pdf, 317.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10680109) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.