Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

We want to help people stay where they belong - at home, in their community, living the life they choose. This is where you come in.

As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you’ll join a friendly team of OTs within our Richmond Response and Rehabilitation Team (RRRT) - a dynamic, integrated health and social care service supporting adults, primarily older people, to remain safe, independent and well in their own homes. Because we deliver care directly in the community, you’ll travel across the borough as part of your day‑to‑day work, visiting patients in their own environments and supporting them where it matters most.

You’ll have the autonomy to manage your own caseload, while being fully supported by experienced colleagues who value shared learning and teamwork.

This is a role where you can grow, lead, innovate and help shape the future of community rehabilitation. If you’re an Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step into a position where autonomy, creativity and tangible outcomes for patients, we’d love to hear from you!

Please note:  We’re unable to offer sponsorship, as funding for such is not available.

Main duties of the job

·       Deliver high-quality, holistic OT assessments and interventions in people’s homes.

·       Use advanced clinical reasoning to support safe discharge, prevent hospital admission and maximise independence.

·       Work autonomously while being fully supported by experienced Band 7 OTs and a collaborative MDT.

·       Prescribe equipment, recommending adaptations and completing functional assessments that make a real difference.

·       Contribute to service development, supervising junior staff and supporting students.

·       Play an active role in our 7‑day service, including weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

Community experience is desirable but not essential — we’ll support you to develop it.

Working for our organisation

To deliver the best care, you need the best support — and that’s exactly what you’ll find with us. Our culture is compassionate, inclusive, inspiring and collaborative, shaped by the people who use our services and the colleagues who deliver them. When you join RRRT, you’ll have access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, alongside health and wellbeing support to help you thrive.

As a service at the forefront of integrated community care, we’re constantly evolving, and you’ll play an active role in shaping pathways, improving practice and driving innovation. It’s a genuine opportunity to get stuck in and grow your career. And as a community OT, every visit, every conversation and every intervention has a direct and lasting impact on someone’s life.

What we’re looking for

• A qualified OT with HCPC registration.
• Strong clinical reasoning, communication and organisational skills.
• Experience working within an MDT and delivering patient‑centred care.
• Confidence in equipment prescription, risk assessment and functional evaluation.
• A flexible, proactive and compassionate approach.