Rotational Occupational Therapist - Band 6
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves nine-month rotations across various services like Cancer and Palliative Care, Emergency Medicine, and Acute Stroke, allowing for skill development in specialist areas. The post holder will provide assessments, interventions, and rehabilitation plans, manage their own caseload, and supervise junior staff and students. It offers advancement of clinical and leadership skills within a progressive and friendly integrated Therapies department.
Key responsibilities
- Provide Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention to optimise independence and create rehabilitation plans.
- Provide and promote acute rehabilitation to patients within their rotational service area.
- Provide daily clinical management of Occupational Therapy staff and some junior Physiotherapy staff within their rotational team.
- Provide supervision to occupational therapy students and apprentices.
- Manage own caseload with clinical autonomy and allocate clinical capacity according to service demands.
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of relevant and recent professional development
- Practical experience and knowledge of clinical conditions relevant to area of work.
- Significant acute hospital experience
- Significant experience of working with and discharge planning for patients with complex needs including patients at the end of their life
- Strong understanding of, and positive view of risk enablement
- Up to date with professional and evidence based practice
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service delivery
- Car Driver
Desirable criteria
- Membership with Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
- Training in clinical supervision
- Leadership qualifications
- Quality improvement training
- Experience supervising less experienced staff and students
- Experience in clinical service development.
- Experience working in the community
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Rotational Occupational Therapist - Band 6
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity available at the RUH to join our newly created band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation.
Our nine month rotations are a great option for an Occupational Therapist who is looking to extend their skills in a variety of services to support patients of varying ages needing specialist occupational therapy. Rotation areas will include Cancer and Palliative Care, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Hospital at Home, Medicine - Complex Care, Acute Stroke and Frailty Front Door Service.
We continually review our rotations and over time we hope to extend to include other services to increase skills and knowledge in an increased variety of specialties.
The RUH offers the opportunity to work in a progressive and friendly integrated Therapies department. This role will allow the advancement of clinical skills and knowledge in various specialist areas as well as encouraging development of leadership skills including supervision skills, recruitment skills, service development and project management.
If you're a self-motivated, forward-thinking Occupational Therapist who is looking to join an Adult Therapies Team and help in continuing this progression of the role of Occupational Therapists across the Trust, we want to hea
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