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Band 6
Full-time, Flexible working

Occupational Therapist

NHS Professionals LimitedWestern Community Hospital, William Macleod Way, Southampton, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom£24.61 an hourCloses 30/12/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 6
Contract
Bank
Pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Posted
11/08/2026
Closes
30/12/2026

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Role summary

As an Occupational Therapist, you will coordinate and oversee high-quality, person-centred services, addressing individual needs and goals. You will manage your clinical responsibilities, maintain accurate documentation, and ensure assessments and records are completed to a high standard. The role involves supporting multidisciplinary working, communicating with colleagues, patients, and families, and contributing to care planning. You will also promote safe practice, escalate concerns, and adhere to professional standards and regulatory requirements.

Essential criteria

  • To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
  • Occupational Therapy degree or diploma with state registration.
  • Minimum two years post-qualification Occupational Therapy experience.
  • Experience in rehabilitation and managing a varied clinical caseload.
  • Strong communication, clinical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to undertake home visits, moving and handling, and equipment fitting.
  • To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
  • Occupational Therapy degree or diploma with state registration.
  • Minimum two years post-qualification Occupational Therapy experience.
  • Experience in rehabilitation and managing a varied clinical caseload.
  • Strong communication, clinical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to undertake home visits, moving and handling, and equipment fitting.

Useful to know

Band 6 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.

Application window

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NHS Professionals Limited

Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 30 December 2026

Job summary

Why might this job interest you?

As an Occupational Therapist, you will be

responsible for coordinating and overseeing the delivery of high-quality,

person-centred services, ensuring that individual needs, goals and outcomes are

identified and appropriately addressed. You will be managing your clinical

responsibilities effectively, maintaining accurate and timely documentation,

and ensuring that all relevant assessments, reviews and records are completed

to a high standard. You will be supporting effective multidisciplinary working

by communicating with colleagues, patients, families and other professionals,

contributing to care planning and decision-making where appropriate. You will

be responsible for promoting safe and effective practice, identifying and

escalating concerns, maintaining professional standards, and working in

accordance with relevant policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

Main duties of the job

You will also be supporting continuous improvement by contributing to service development, quality initiatives, audit activities and the ongoing evaluation of practice.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedi

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