Job summary
- Main area
- BHRUT Therapies
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 162-8027-CCS
- Employer
- Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen's Hospital
- Town
- Romford
- Salary
- £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Orthopaedics
Band 6
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Job overview
We are recruiting to a static B6 Occupational Therapy post within Trauma & Orthopaedics. This post will include working with trauma, community and elective patients across our different sites, therefore orthopaedic experience is essential.
The BHRUT focus is on early intervention to support high quality patient care, therefore excellent communication skills and experience of discharge services such as HomeFirst or Discharge to Assess is an advantage.
Supervisory skills are required to support students and junior staff. In return, you will receive excellent peer support and service development opportunities working alongside the Band 7 and Clinical Specialist OTs.
You will have opportunity to be involved in the ongoing development the hip fracture and high-volume elective orthopaedic pathways, as well as the orthopaedic weekend services.
Main duties of the job
Through a holistic approach, to provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy service, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries.
To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, junior staff and students on placement.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Sarah Wood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4188. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registrations as an Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Clinical supervisors training
Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (verbal, non-verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
- Ability to work occasionally at moderate to intense physical effort throughout the day
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
Desirable criteria
- Competent IT skills
- Experience of supervision of other staff i.e. assistants and technical instructors
Experence / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To have broad clinical experience in an acute hospital setting with adults with physical illness
- Relevant experience of working with orthopaedic patients within an acute hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- To have experience as a Band 5 or Band 6 in orthopaedics
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Team worker
- Flexible
- Reliable
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Salter
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist OT for Orthopaedics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01708435000
- Additional information
Ext: 6047
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