Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an Occupational Therapist role at the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, offering high-quality rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injuries. You will manage a caseload of paraplegic and tetraplegic patients, conducting assessments, planning treatments, and evaluating outcomes. The role involves both one-to-one and group sessions, working as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive rehabilitation, including posture, seating, mobility, hand therapy, and daily living activities.
Essential criteria
- Date of qualification
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Health Care Professions Council registered
Desirable criteria
- Clinical placement in neurology, hand therapy or wheelchair service
- Member of BAOT
- SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
- Able to drive wheelchair accessible vehicle
- Physical ability and endurance to work in clinical and community settings
- Previous experience of driving larger vehicles
- Clean Driving Licence
- SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
- Specifically looking for a static role in aspecialist area
- Clear, concise, verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers. Ensure records and reports are accurate, legible and written to a good standard of English.
- Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team.
- Ability to prioritise tasks.
- Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
- related legislation (H&S, Data Protection Act, etc)
- Mentions spinal cord injury rehabilitation in application
- Use of and/or knowledge problem-orientated medical record keeping
- Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals.
- EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
- Date of qualification
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Health Care Professions Council registered
- Clinical placement in neurology, hand therapy or wheelchair service
- Member of BAOT
- SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
- Able to drive wheelchair accessible vehicle
- Physical ability and endurance to work in clinical and community settings
- Previous experience of driving larger vehicles
- Clean Driving Licence
- SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
- Specifically looking for a static role in aspecialist area
- Clear, concise, verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers. Ensure records and reports are accurate, legible and written to a good standard of English.
- Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team.
- Ability to prioritise tasks.
- Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
- related legislation (H&S, Data Protection Act, etc)
- Mentions spinal cord injury rehabilitation in application
- Use of and/or knowledge problem-orientated medical record keeping
- Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen following internal promotion of two staff, to work at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. We provide high quality rehabilitation for patients from across the South East region of England and half of London taking patients from major trauma centres. As part of a team of 12 qualified OTs and 3 assistants you will get a chance to practice your OT skills in a wide range of areas including both one to one and group sessions. OTs are integral to the multi-disciplinary team providing comprehensive rehabilitation to patients with spinal cord injury, whether they are children or adults, are ventilator dependent, wheelchair users or ambulant. Often patients have a complex presentation and you will get a chance to use a wide range of skills including posture and seating, powered mobility, hand therapy and splinting, upper limb restorative therapy, vocational and leisure activities as well as activities of daily living and environmental assessments. If this sounds like the job of your dreams please get in contact.
Main duties of the job
Carry a caseload of patients with spinal cord injury both paraplegic and tetraplegic. Assess, plan and carry out treatment and evaluate outcomes. Treatment sessions
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