Overview
Bank Occupational Therapist at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 06 November 2025
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Interview: To be confirmed
Main duties
BANK
We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) to support the work of the Acute and Older People\'s Services Therapy teams through a Bank contract. Experience of working as a registered OT in an acute NHS Trust is essential.
Key responsibilities of the position will be to work closely with other health care professionals in assessing, setting treatment programmes and complex discharge planning for patients with multiple pathologies and complex needs.
This is a great opportunity to gain new skills and work in an exciting and very supportive team who are dedicated to providing a high standard of care.
If you have a flexible approach, are well motivated and have a willingness to learn, we would like to hear from you.
Interview Date: To be confirmed
About us
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
This is a really exciting time to join UHD! We are a three site acute trust with \'university hospital\' status, due to our partnership with Bournemouth University, delivering highly regarded health services to the local population, the county of Dorset, and beyond. We employ some 10,000 staff, with an ambitious £250m estates program well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) with over seven miles of sandy beaches along our coastline, you\'ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we\'re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Experience
* 18 months experience must have been undertaken in a physical setting within the NHS.
* Working with older people and medical patients in the acute setting.
* Working with patients with perceptual and cognitive dysfunction
* 4 + years experience.
* Previous experience of the supervision of junior staff.
Skills
* Multidisciplinary assessment and planning
* Skills of goal setting
Other
* Continuing development and Reflective practitioner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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