Band 5
Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time hours per week (7 day service, 1 weekend a month (including bank holidays))
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FM-AG
Site
Reablement Unit at St Helier Hospital
Town
Carshalton
Salary
£35,763 - £43,466 per annum pro rata inc. HCAS outer
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/10/2025 23:59
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
To work as part of the Sutton Health and Care Reablement Unit Team to provide an inpatient rehabilitation service for service users within South West London. Post holders will be working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team including nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, rehabilitation assistants, and administrators, as well as the voluntary sector. The post holder will be primarily based on the SHC reablement unit with some community visits in order to provide a rehabilitation over a 7 day period.
There is the potential for this to be a rotational post with St Helier Acute Occupational Therapy team in the future.
Main duties of the job
Occupational Therapist have a key role within both supported discharge and prevention of admission to support individuals to optimise their independence and wellbeing.
To deliver Occupational Therapy services within the community services as well as the possibility for rotations within the acute hospital.
To provide a comprehensive and co-ordinated range of Occupational Therapy and preventative services which maintain or improve people's health, independence and quality of life.
To consolidate and further develop skills and knowledge learned through the Occupational Therapy course.
To assess and implement treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated clinical records.
To work unsupervised reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior Occupational Therapist on a regular basis each week
Working for our organisation
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Diploma or degree in occupational therapy
* Registered with the Health Professions Council
* Fieldwork placement in acute physical, community or local authority setting.
Desirable criteria
* Membership of British Association of Occupational Therapists
* Previous experience of work at a band 5 level.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Good written and spoken communication skills.
* Knowledge of common conditions, current treatment and equipment provision.
* Knowledge of clinical governance
* Ability to demonstrate competence in the understanding and application of core OT skills
* Basic IT skills
Personal Characteristics
Essential criteria
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Ability to prioritise workload and Good time management skills.
* Ability to work under pressure and Flexibility
* Commitment to continuing personal development
Other
Essential criteria
* Car Driver - valid UK license
* Able to participate in weekend and extended hours rotas
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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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.