# Senior Occupational Therapist - Vascular, Orthopaedics & Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-vascular-orthopaedics-and-surgery/e0d661ab-39d7-4dfc-9b9b-e60be5452e90 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-vascular-orthopaedics-and-surgery/e0d661ab-39d7-4dfc-9b9b-e60be5452e90.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Luton - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Will include late shifts and weekend working - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (To include late shifts and weekend working) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T13:06:16.968Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Luton/Bedfordshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8098125 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8098125?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ldh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a senior occupational therapist to work across our vascular, orthopaedic & surgical wards. You will be working alongside a knowledgeable team of MDT professionals. The role aims to empower patients’ pre & post operatively & facilitate discharge. We welcome progressing band 5’s to Band 6’s looking to develop in these specialities. The aim is to will provide an inpatient service driven by evidence based practice & enhanced recovery principles. Vascular The rehabilitation of all vascular patients within the acute hospital. This will include primary amputees & those with multiple limb loss. To be involved in patients entire inpatient journey from pre-assessment & to patients home assessments. Be responsible for wheelchair assessments & referrals. Trauma & Orthopaedic This includes preoperative assessments of total hip, knee replacements & complex elective cases like joint revisions. The team also works on the fractured neck of femur unit, which also covers a variety of trauma cases. General Surgery These wards include a caseload of colorectal, head & neck, urology & breast surgery patients. We also receive patients post critical care for rehabilitation. The successful candidate will provide cover across the specialties as needed & support is provided to upskill as required. Opportunities include attendance at Tracheostomy study day, head injury management courses, spending time with our stoma team & colleagues the limb fitting centre. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be responsible for managing their own caseload and supervising rotational band 5 occupational therapists, support staff, students and apprentices. There will also be opportunities to support the band 7 team in team management and staff training. Regular support and supervision for you will be available from the Band 7 Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapists within the specialty. You will be required to work with other qualified and non-qualified staff to provide a seven day service including Bank Holidays, with a commitment of 1 in 4 weekends with days off in lieu. The service  provides cover 8:00-20:00 Mon- Friday and 8:00-16:00 at weekends This post will allow you to develop a wide range of clinical, managerial, organisational, teaching and supervision skills. You will play an active role in audits and service development. We offer a well-established supervision and appraisal structure. We encourage individual progression within the Band 6 role and have a firm commitment to in service training and CPD as well as supporting staff to attend relevant external courses and conferences. The Luton and Dunstable Hospital Therapy Department are a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff. ### 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. ## Job Details We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a senior occupational therapist to work across our vascular, orthopaedic & surgical wards. You will be working alongside a knowledgeable team of MDT professionals. The role aims to empower patients’ pre & post operatively & facilitate discharge. We welcome progressing band 5’s to Band 6’s looking to develop in these specialities. The aim is to will provide an inpatient service driven by evidence based practice & enhanced recovery principles. Vascular The rehabilitation of all vascular patients within the acute hospital. This will include primary amputees & those with multiple limb loss. To be involved in patients entire inpatient journey from pre-assessment & to patients home assessments. Be responsible for wheelchair assessments & referrals. Trauma & Orthopaedic This includes preoperative assessments of total hip, knee replacements & complex elective cases like joint revisions. The team also works on the fractured neck of femur unit, which also covers a variety of trauma cases. General Surgery These wards include a caseload of colorectal, head & neck, urology & breast surgery patients. We also receive patients post critical care for rehabilitation. The successful candidate will provide cover across the specialties as needed & support is provided to upskill as required. Opportunities include attendance at Tracheostomy study day, head injury management courses, spending time with our stoma team & colleagues the limb fitting centre. ## Job Description The successful candidate will be responsible for managing their own caseload and supervising rotational band 5 occupational therapists, support staff, students and apprentices. There will also be opportunities to support the band 7 team in team management and staff training. Regular support and supervision for you will be available from the Band 7 Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapists within the specialty. You will be required to work with other qualified and non-qualified staff to provide a seven day service including Bank Holidays, with a commitment of 1 in 4 weekends with days off in lieu. The service provides cover 8:00-20:00 Mon- Friday and 8:00-16:00 at weekends This post will allow you to develop a wide range of clinical, managerial, organisational, teaching and supervision skills. You will play an active role in audits and service development. We offer a well-established supervision and appraisal structure. We encourage individual progression within the Band 6 role and have a firm commitment to in service training and CPD as well as supporting staff to attend relevant external courses and conferences. The Luton and Dunstable Hospital Therapy Department are a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff. ## Responsibilities Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Understand the legal responsibilites of the profession - Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately - Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients **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 orthopaedics or elderly care - Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team - Work experience, student or therapy assistant supervision **Desirable** - Experience of supervising junior staff or non-qualified - Experience within the NHS - Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services ### Communication **Essential** - Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills - Ability to communicate 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, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10392008) - [functional aspects (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10392010) - [l&d hospital site map (pdf, 96.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1454) - [person specification (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10392009) - [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.