Rotational Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Job share
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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 Rotational Occupational Therapist role welcomes newly qualified or currently practising OTs to a supportive team in the Chichester/Bognor/Worthing area. You will gain experience in both physical health community and hospital-based settings, working with specialists in an MDT. The role focuses on developing core OT skills, offering regular in-service training, protected CPD time, and peer support. Staff are encouraged to develop their full potential with a healthy work-life balance and flexible working options.
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- Up to date CPD
- Relevant postgraduate or undergraduate experience in the clinical field
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
- Knowledge of Professional code of conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Ability to travel for work purposes
- Ability to plan and prioritise a caseload efficiently
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit, risk management and clinical supervision
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Education
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
- Up to date CPD
- Relevant postgraduate or undergraduate experience in the clinical field
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
- Knowledge of Professional code of conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Ability to travel for work purposes
- Ability to plan and prioritise a caseload efficiently
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit, risk management and clinical supervision
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
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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Job summary
We look forward to welcoming you as a newly qualified or currently practising OT. Do you want to be part of a supportive, friendly and dynamic team dedicated to providing executional care in the Chichester/Bognor/Worthing area.
You will gain a balance ofphysical health community and hospital-based working in settings working with specialists where you will gain experience and receive full support. You will have the opportunity to enjoy an in-depth learning experience working with caseloads of patients within an MDT. We encourage development of core OT skills within a supportive environment. We are committed to your growth with a strong focus on teaching and development including regular in-service training, protected CPD time and a Band 6 led band 5 peer support group.
Please note we are actively looking for those qualified or nearly registered. Thank you.
Main duties of the job
Staff are encouraged to develop their full potential as we understand the transition from student to practitioner can be challenging and we are dedicated to developing your full potential. We believe in a healthy work-life balance and offer flexibility to accommodate your personal and professional needs.
We work collaboratively to create a nurturing and inclusive environment where both patients and staff can thrive.
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