Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-SA1706-A
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £38,488 - £46,852 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Band 5 Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a leading Cancer Hospital in London, and the Occupational Therapy Department is recruiting to a permanent, full time, Band 5 role in our Chelsea hospital (which attracts inner London weighting) to work across Adult wards and outpatients.
You will be joining a supportive and friendly team of qualified Occupational Therapists working in an acute setting to support needs of patients undergoing cancer treatment across all tumour groups. There is excellent internal and external CPD opportunities, generous support for study leave and comprehensive staff benefits via Vivup.
We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role if you are interested in applying. Please contact Lauren Blackburn on [email protected] or 020 3186 5937.
Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patient’s needs based on activity analysis using a client-centred, problem-solving approach.
Liaising with multi professional team within the hospital and community, to achieve optimum rehabilitation outcomes and planned coordinated packages of support across health and social care.
Taking a key role in organising and facilitating discharge planning case conferences where functional independent is paramount.
Teaching patients specialised strategies aimed towards the management of symptoms related to cancer e.g. relaxation and anxiety management, breathlessness and fatigue management.
Main duties of the job
The Band 5 Occupational Therapist provides a high quality cost-effective occupational therapy service for the patient with cancer. As a qualified practitioner, the postholder is a source of knowledge and expertise for patients, relatives and colleagues of all disciplines. With the support of the Band 6 Occupational Therapist, they will organise occupational therapy activities within a defined clinical area and will also liaise closely with all members of the multi-professional rehabilitation team in the provision of a specialist input to a variety of education programmes.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification
Working under supervision of band 6 in ward and outpatient settings to provide complex clinical assessment of the biomechanical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, perceptual and interpersonal deficits affecting the functioning of individuals with cancer, their families and carers through the use of clinical reasoning.
Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patient’s needs based on activity analysis using a client-centred, problem solving approach.
Developing and implementing treatment and educational groups for people with cancer and their carers.
Carrying out complex functional and risk assessments required to provide appropriate equipment and to teach patients, carers and staff safe and correct use to maximise safety and independence within the hospital and home environments.
Assessing environmental risks and prescription of equipment and adaptations in the patient’s home. This may involve lone working.
Undertaking risk assessment of manual handling issues related to patient’s rehabilitation, complying with the Trust’s Manual Handling Policy.
Maintaining contemporaneous and high quality patient documentation as well as writing formal reports necessary for the implementation of care packages and home equipment to enable safe discharge and ongoing rehabilitation.
For full job description, please refer to Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy recognised by UK College of Occupational Therapists.
- State Registration with Health & Care Professions Council for Occupational Therapy.
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of experience of dealing with oncology patients and their families / carers.
- Evidence of experience in clinical supervision and appraisal.
- Evidence of experience of principles and practice in audit, outcomes measurement and clinical governance.
- Approved fieldwork supervisor course.
- Accredited wheelchair course
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of functional assessment and treatment techniques for oncology and palliative care patients
- Risk assessment: Ability to carry out risk assessments concerning patients and staff safety, including Manual Handling.
- Ability to assess potential risks with regard to patients’ discharge from hospital.
- Developed clinical reasoning as well as analytical and creative problems solving skills.
- Communication skills: Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills as required in an oncology and palliative care setting. Ability to deal with imparting bad news.
- Written and documentation skills:Ability to produce professional reports and records including POMRs, multi-professional care plans, letters, assessments for hospital and external agencies.
- Reflective Skills: Ability to reflect on clinical practice.
- Team skills: Ability to work as part of a supportive team.
- Educational skills: Ability to teach both patients and carers in areas relating to rehabilitation. Proven ability to prepare and deliver presentations and education sessions to health care colleagues and members of public.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to assess risks associated with lone working, take responsibility for reporting to colleagues and ensuring self and patient are safe at all times.
- Knowledge of group dynamics, planning, facilitating, running and evaluating therapeutic groups.
- Autonomous working: Ability to work in a highly motivated, self directed manner on clinical and departmental activities.
- Organisational skills: Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.
- Supervisory skills: Ability to fulfil supervisory role for undergraduate students.
- IT skills: Ability to enter data, prepare reports, formal written documentation and multi-media presentations.
Other Requirements
Desirable criteria
- Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren Blackburn
- Job title
- Operational Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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