Job vacancy: Specialist Occupational Therapist - General Medicine, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Nuneaton

Job summary

Main area

Occupational Therapy

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent: potential for weekend working

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible)

Job ref

230-52691969-CS-AB

Employer: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Town: Nuneaton
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/07/2026 23:59

Specialist Occupational Therapist - General Medicine

Band 6

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will manage a varied caseload across our General Medical inpatient services, supporting patients with a wide range of acute medical conditions, including endocrine and cardiac presentations. Working as an autonomous practitioner, you will use your clinical reasoning and core Occupational Therapy skills to assess patients, promote independence, facilitate safe discharge and contribute to positive patient outcomes.
Alongside your clinical role, you will support the development of junior colleagues, therapy assistants and Occupational Therapy students through supervision, teaching and practice education. You will also have opportunities to contribute to service improvement, quality initiatives and the continued development of the Occupational Therapy role within General Medicine. There is scope to further develop the Occupational Therapy contribution to Cardiac Rehabilitation, building on core Occupational Therapy interventions such as pacing, energy conservation, fatigue management and supporting long-term self-management.
The role currently operates Monday to Friday; however, as our services continue to evolve, there is an expectation that future developments may include weekend working as part of a seven-day therapy service. Any changes would be introduced through consultation and service planning.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Qualification and Professional

Essential criteria

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
Registration with HCPC
Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses

Desirable criteria

BAOT
Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Minimum 18 months to 2 years post-graduate experience
Previous experience in specialist clinical area
Band 5 rotational experience
Involvement in audit
Supervisory experience
Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff

Desirable criteria

Previous Acute NHS experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Understanding of clinical governance
Importance in application of clinical governance in clinical area
Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
Able to prioritise and organise own workload
Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
Able to work as part of an multi-disciplinary team
IT skills – computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
Motivated
Flexible and adaptable
Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT

Other

Essential criteria

Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working

Desirable criteria

Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes

Please note:

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

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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.

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Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Modit Monsi
Job title: Therapy Team Leader
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07824835301

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Job summary

Employer heading

Specialist Occupational Therapist - General Medicine

Band 6

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualification and Professional

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Other

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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