# Rotational Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T13:49:47.830Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8350365
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8350365?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen on the band 6 Occupational Therapy general rotation at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a rotational post, aimed at consolidating and enhancing knowledge and experience across acute rotations at The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Tertiary Centre for heart and cancer care. The role provides high quality patient assessment, treatment and intervention as part the specialist therapy team on each rotation.

We are looking for a highly skilled, innovative and passionate individual to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy team. The Royal London Hospital & St Bartholomew’s Hospital Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation involves 9-month rotations across a range of diverse areas including:
- Hand Therapy Neurosciences Major Trauma and Orthopaedics Stroke (HASU and ASU) Cardiac surgery and Cardiology Vascular and Amputees Oncology Acute Assessment Unit Specialist Medicine

Please see full advert and JD attached

### Main duties of the job

This is a rotational post, aimed at consolidating and enhancing knowledge and experience across acute rotations at The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Tertiary Centre for heart and cancer care. The role provides high quality patient assessment, treatment and intervention as part the specialist therapy team on each rotation.

### 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

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- - Ability to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
- - Ability to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
- - Ability to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.

**Desirable**

- Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of
- sitting and seating
- postural management
- upper limb assessment and treatment
- energy conservation/fatigue management
- therapeutic manual handling
- cognitive assessment and treatment
- capacity assessment

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience across core rotations
- Minimum NHS experience

**Desirable**

- Supervision skills
- Practice educators training

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
- Valid HCPC registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD

**Desirable**

- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy

## Documents

- [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)

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