Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Rotational
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 is a rotational Band 6 Occupational Therapist role within an Integrated Therapy Team at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will manage a complex caseload across various specialisms like Stroke/Neuro, Acute Medicine, ICU/Cardio-Respiratory/General Surgery, and Orthopaedics. The role involves advanced assessment, treatment planning, and multidisciplinary collaboration, alongside supervisory duties for junior staff and students. You will contribute to service development and evidence-based practice.
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree/MSc in Occupational Therapy
- Current Health 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
- Experience and Knowledge
- 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 within the NHS 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
- 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 rapidly 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
- 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
- Basic IT skills
- Other
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Evidence of interest/motivation for this Band 6 role
- Evidence of interest/motivation to work within this geographical area for James Paget University Hospital
- Education and Qualifications
- Diploma/Degree/MSc in Occupational Therapy
- Current Health 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
- Experience and Knowledge
- 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 within the NHS 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
- 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 rapidly 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
- 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
- Basic IT skills
- Other
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Evidence of interest/motivation for
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 - Rotational
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
BAND 6 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - ROTATIONAL Full Time | Permanent
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.
Our diverse Band 6 rotations include:
Stroke/Neuro
Acute Medicine
ICU/Cardio-Respiratory/General Surgery
Orthopaedics
Rotations are six months giving you time to develop and embed new skills as well as play a key role in service development ideas and projects before transferring these to your next rotational area. We have a strong positive relationship with our community partners enabling us to work closely together.
You will receive protected time for supervision, training and skill development opportunities within each specialism provided by supportive clinicians and also opportunities to build on skills such as student/junior supervision, audits and service development projects.Individual support is high on our agenda, and we are an inclusive department, experienced to support specific needs.
We have a strong reputation for home grown career progression through welcoming every new team member and supporting them to settle,
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