# Senior Occupational Therapist - Complex Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-complex-medicine/b4a2a2fb-9ab6-4fc3-9920-335973be924f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-complex-medicine/b4a2a2fb-9ab6-4fc3-9920-335973be924f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Luton and Dunstable University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Will include late shifts and weekend working - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (To include late shifts and weekend working) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T15:46:04.745Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Luton/Bedfordshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8347746 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347746?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ldh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to work in a forward thinking Occupational Therapy service? We have exciting career development opportunities and the added benefit of being in the vibrant and diverse town of Luton. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and self-motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and innovative Complex Medicine team within the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This part time post is permanent and involves late shift and weekend working on a rota basis. You will have the chance to work across our four major ward areas which include Cardiology, Haematology, General medicine and Elderly care. Occupational Therapy plays an instrumental role in the exciting developments in the Trust and our team is growing. You will be responsible for providing a high standard of assessment, advice, treatment and evaluation of patients referred to the acute inpatient service. This includes patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. You will also have the opportunity to support students and apprentices alongside managing Band 5 Therapists and support staff. Our Trust highly respects and values the importance of Occupational Therapists in the healthcare industry. As a result, we invest time in your training and development which includes our ‘OT Aspiring to Excellence’ sessions to share best practice. ### Main duties of the job - To perform advanced occupational therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to determine a diagnosis, formulate and deliver an appropriate, individualised treatment programme. - To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service/particular patient group, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from a more senior therapist is available if required. Clinical work is evaluated through regular clinical supervision with a specialist occupational therapist but day-to-day clinical work is not routinely reviewed. - To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. - To plan, supervise, educate and assess the performance of occupational therapy students on placement within the complex medicine wards. To work closely with the university and comply with all the standards required for the degree level qualification. - Supported by the specialist occupational therapist, to design and undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice and improve service delivery with the specialist therapist. Make recommendations and occasionally implement changes to practice or service protocols, as agreed with the specialist occupational therapist. - To deputise for the specialist occupational therapist in their absence, taking the lead role in the day-to-day operational management of the team. ### 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. ### 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** - Examples of organising, prioritising and delegating appropriately **Desirable** - Awareness of wider local and national agendas and impact on OT ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in an acute hospital environment - Evidence of broad based postgraduate experience to include experience in medicine or elderly care - Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with example **Desirable** - Experience of supervising junior staff or non-qualified - Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services - Experience of supervision of staff or students including staff appraisal - Experience within the NHS ### Communication **Essential** - Example of excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills **Desirable** - Example of where there may be barriers to understanding ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT - HCPC registration - Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendances at recent post graduate courses/ in-service trainings relevant to the speciality **Desirable** - Membership of BAOT/RCOT or similar - Practice educators certificate ## Documents - [staff benefits (png, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2879) - [job description (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672752) - [functional aspects (pdf, 144.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672754) - [l&d hospital site map (pdf, 96.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1454) - [person specification (pdf, 144.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672753) - [staff diversity network (pdf, 140.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2866) - [information for disabled applicants (pdf, 98.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2870) - [disclosure & barring information and recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 78.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1456) ## 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.