Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-2536DCB
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kent & Canterbury Hospital
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum, or pro rata where applicable
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
Our extensive rotation programme spans the three main acute hospital sites in our trust:
- William Harvey Hospital in Ashford
- Kent & Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate
All rotational staff may be expected to rotate to any of the hospital sites and particular consideration should be given to this prior to application.
Our rotations are broad and diverse due to the span of clinical specialities delivered by the Trust and will support you in gaining experience across core and specialist areas, including:
- Critical Care
- General and specialist surgery
- Trauma
- Elective Orthopaedics
- Hand therapy
- Hyper-acute Stroke and Acute Stroke
- Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Unit
- Acute Medicine, including medical respiratory and renal
- Frailty
- Vascular surgery and outpatients
We offer CPD support and learning opportunities across all of our specialities which includes robust stroke and neurology teaching programme and rotation specific in-service training programmes. We also encourage all staff to be research active and offer opportunities to be involved in clinical audit, service improvement and innovation.
Applications from Students in their final year of study are very welcome.
Main duties of the job
Upon joining us we will support you through your probation and your preceptorship year and will we guide you through your onward development as an Occupational Therapist. You will receive regular clinical supervision and training opportunities as well as the opportunity for band 5 peer support sessions.
The expectations we have of band 5 Occupational Therapists include:
- To assess and treat patients, providing holistic Occupational Therapy intervention as an autonomous practitioner within Scope of Practice
- Develop Occupational Therapy treatment plans, demonstrating clear clinical reasoning and goal setting.
- To be clinically curious and work within the multidisciplinary environment of the acute hospital to provide excellent intervention for patients
- To support clinical supervision of Therapy Assistants and Students where appropriate
- To be an active member of the wider therapy and AHP team and advocate for their profession where appropriate
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BScHons / MSc (Pre-reg) in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration as Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- Member of RCOT
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Clinical skills relevant to role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective and strong team player
- Evidence of understanding the importance of MDT working
- Demonstrates an understanding of Evidence based practice
- Up to date therapeutic moving & handling skills.
- Basic IT knowledge.
- Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC.
- Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda for health under the guidance of the team lead / service manager
Desirable criteria
- Ability to independently travel around East Kent for work purposes
- Broad range of Physical and Mental Health experience during clinical training placements
- Supervision of support staff
Personal/professional attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice
- Creative and innovative in clinical practice
- Ability to prioritise caseload with secure clinical reasoning
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Ability to prioritise caseload in a professional manner, considering Trust policies and procedures. Ability to organise and manage own work.
- Ability to cope with change and use initiative
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values.
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katy Sampson
- Job title
- Inpatient Therapy Lead at K&CH
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825054160
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