Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Early Intervention Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This Band 6 Occupational Therapist role is within the Early Intervention Team, primarily covering Accident and Emergency, Acute Medical Unit, and Same Day Emergency Care Unit. The post holder will conduct holistic therapy assessments to support admission avoidance and early therapy input, managing a varied caseload including complex presentations. Responsibilities include liaising with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate discharge and participating in non-clinical duties like supervision and service development. The role involves working a rostered seven-day service.
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree/MSc in Occupational Therapy
- Current Health and Care Professions Council registration
- CPD record should include evidence of up-to-date manual handling, relevant clinical courses and reflections of learning
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken a student/fieldwork educators' course
- Member of special interest group
- Knowledge and Experience
- Experience at Band 5 level within a range of areas: patients with multi-pathology, including dementia, falls, palliative care and bariatric patients
- Significant clinical experience to include acute hospital setting and discharge planning
- Experience of working with a range of professionals within multidisciplinary teams
- Evidence of acting in a supervisory manner, providing specialist guidance, training and support to other staff or students
- Evidence of reflective learning
- Awareness of relevant professional practice, new research and guidelines
- Understanding of legal issues, safeguarding and mental capacity
- Working knowledge of clinical governance and implications for own work
- Experience at Band 6 level
- Worked in a range of settings, e.g. hospital, psychiatry, community, Social Services
- Involvement in service improvement/project work
- Attendance at relevant study days relevant to acute hospital care
- Audit
- Skills, Abilities and Competencies
- Communication skills including empathy, assertiveness and negotiation skills
- Ability to build good rapport with a wide variety of people
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and support others with this
- Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner with minimum supervision
- Ability to work proactively under pressure and work flexibly
- Recognise own limitations and know when to ask for help
- Forward thinking, able to problem solve with positive approach
- Basic IT skills
- Presentation skills - verbal and written
- Ability to travel within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. Should hold a full current driving licence or be able to make own travelling arrangements to fulfil the duties of the post, including visits to patients' homes with and without patients
- Evidence of initiative and ability to promote change
- Other
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Professional demeanour and appearance
- Evidence of interest/motivation for this Band 6 role
- Evidence of interest/motivation to work within this geographical area for James Paget University Hospital
- Evidence of motivation in supporting the seven-day working roster sustainability
- Education and Qualifications
- Diploma/Degree/MSc in Occupational Therapy
- Current Health and Care Professions Council registration
- CPD record should include evidence of up-to-date manual handling, relevant clinical courses and reflections of learning
- Undertaken a student/fieldwork educators' course
- Member of special interest group
- Knowledge and Experience
- Experience at Band 5 level within a range of areas: patients with multi-pathology, including dementia, falls, palliative care and bariatric patients
- Significant clinical experience to include acute hospital setting and discharge planning
- Experience of working with a range of professionals within multidisciplinary teams
- Evidence of acting in a supervisory manner, providing specialist guidance, training and support to other staff or students
- Evidence of reflective learning
- Awareness of relevant professional practice, new research and guidelines
- Understanding of legal issues, safeguarding and mental capacity
- Working knowledge of clinical governance and implications for own work
- Experience at Band 6 level
- Worked in a range of settings, e.g. hospital, psychiatry, community, Social Services
- Involvement in service improvement/project work
- Attendance at relevant study days relevant to acute hospital care
- Audit
- Skills, Abilities and Competencies
- Communication skills including empathy, assertiveness and negotiation skills
- Ability to build good rapport with a wide variety of people
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and support others with this
- Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner with minimum supervision
- Ability to work proactively under pressure and work flexibly
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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James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Early Intervention Team
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
BAND 6 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - EARLY INTERVENTION TEAM Permanent | Full Time
We are pleased to offer an opportunity to join our forward-thinking Integrated Therapy Team, consisting of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians and assistants working seamlessly together.
The Early Intervention Therapy Team covers Accident and Emergency, the Acute Medical Unit and the new Same Day Emergency Care Unit primarily.
You will receive protected time for supervision, training and skill development within each specialism provided by supportive clinicians, along with opportunities to build on skills such as student/junior supervision, audit and service development. Individual support is high on our agenda, and we are an inclusive department, experienced in supporting specific needs.
We have a strong reputation for home grown career progression through welcoming every new team member and supporting them to settle, develop and grow.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for providing holistic therapy assessments to patients on the emergency floor to support admission avoidance and early therapy input. The caseload consists of patients with a variety
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