Band 5 Occupational Therapy - Rotational programme
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This Band 5 Occupational Therapy role offers newly qualified OTs the chance to gain experience across various acute inpatient settings, including care of the elderly, stroke, specialist medicine, and orthopaedics & surgery. The post holder will conduct high-quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions for a diverse patient population. They will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and community partners to deliver comprehensive care. The role involves being professionally and legally accountable for clinical work and patient management.
Essential criteria
- HPCP registration
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
- Application of the OT process
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary and/or occupational therapy team
- Experience of working with people in a health or social services environment
- Ability to complete goal setting, planning, intervention & evaluation as part of OT process
- Ability to complete functional assessments to support OT process
- Ability to prioritise, organise and delegate.
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- HPCP registration
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
- Application of the OT process
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary and/or occupational therapy team
- Experience of working with people in a health or social services environment
- Ability to complete goal setting, planning, intervention & evaluation as part of OT process
- Ability to complete functional assessments to support OT process
- Ability to prioritise, organise and delegate.
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 Occupational Therapy - Rotational programme
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The Band 5 rotational Occupational Therapy post offers newly qualified Occupational Therapists the opportunity of gaining experience in a variety of acute inpatient clinical settings including care of the elderly, stroke, specialist medicine and orthopaedics & surgery. The post holder will provide high quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions to a wide variety of patients in liaison with the multidisciplinary team and community partners.
Main duties of the job
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical and professional work, including the management of patients in your care
- To undertake comprehensive occupational therapy assessments of patients with a range of health and social care needs for presentations including but not limited to; medical and respiratory pathologies, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, gastrointestinalconditions, frailty, falls and stroke
- To gather relevant medical, clinical and social information and analyse and interpret all information gained to guide intervention
- Formulate and deliver an occupational therapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options, using clinical assessmen
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