Rotational Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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 a fixed-term Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapist position within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The role involves working across various specialty areas at both hospital sites, including Stroke, Frailty, Cardiology, and Orthopaedics. The successful candidate will join a supportive therapy department that offers a preceptorship programme, in-house training, and supervision to develop skills and work independently or alongside multidisciplinary teams. The position offers the opportunity to experience two rotations and contribute to providing holistic patient care.
Essential criteria
- Degree or Pending qualification in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered or pending HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- additional CPD activities relevant to the role
- Work experience
- Broad range of student placements or postgraduate experience
- Experience working within the NHS acute environment
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Relevant IT Skills
- Participation in audit or service development projects
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate awareness of trust values and individual experience in meeting these
- Degree or Pending qualification in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered or pending HCPC registration
- additional CPD activities relevant to the role
- Work experience
- Broad range of student placements or postgraduate experience
- Experience working within the NHS acute environment
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Relevant IT Skills
- Participation in audit or service development projects
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate awareness of trust values and individual experience in meeting these
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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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Rotational Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking to recruit a band 5 occupatonal therapist to our rotational scheme on a fixed term contract. Our rotations are based at both The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust sites including the following specialty areas: Stroke (hyper acute and acute rehabilitation), Frailty at the front door (ED and AMU), Cardiology, Endocrinology, Care of the Elderly, Respiratory, Orthopaedics and Surgery including amputees.
This post offers the opportunity to join for 2 of our rotations.
Main duties of the job
With 250+ employees working within our Therapy Department, we pride ourselves on enabling all our workforce the opportunity to develop and grow their skills, offering a career, not just a job.
When joining our team you will be welcomed to attend our band 5 trust preceptorship programme and in-house training scheme, as well as receive learning specific to each rotational specialty area.
Throughout each rotation you will be supported by your named supervisor who will also be a specialist in your rotational clinical area. Your supervisor will enable you to develop skills to work independently as well as alongside other therapy and MDT colleagues.
Our organisational vision is 'To provide excellent care for the communities we serve'
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