NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area
Surrey Downs Health & Care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Rotational post
Hours
Full time hours per week
Job ref
343-SDH&C
Site
Epsom General Hospital
Town
Epsom
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 Pro Rata per Annum inc Outer HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/10/2025 23:59
Job overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care
The post holder will be responsible for assessment, treatment planning and intervention delivery of patients referred to their caseload. The post holder will be required to supervise junior staff, technicians, assistants and students as appropriate. They will be expected to participate in development and monitoring of service standards and to assist in the running of the day to day service.
The rotation consists of five clinical speciality areas as detailed below. Post holders will rotate between posts approximately every nine months or shorter/longer depending on joining date or the needs of the service. Training opportunities exist, integrated with a Personal Development Plan/Appraisal, ensuring staff participate in CPD. All staff must be flexible and willing to work in any area. All rotations are cross site and the post holder will be required to be flexible in their working site.
Areas of Rotation:
1. Acute Neurology Stroke Rehabilitation
2. Care of the Elderly
3. General Medicine
4. Orthopaedics & Surgery
5. Early Rehabilitation Team
6. Frailty
Main duties of the job
* To assist in planning and providing a high quality service for service users, in conjunction with the service manager and senior therapists.
* To be responsible for managing own case load and prioritising as appropriate.
* Depending on complexity of client need and caseload, take responsibility for designated caseload of patients to negotiate, agree and plan interventions.
* To keep up to date comprehensive records/reports, which are clear and concise for the client's records and which comply with quality standards of Trust/Service policies and meet legal requirements.
* To monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measures and evaluation of practice.
* To apply good clinical reasoning skills in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge for clients requiring OT intervention
* To monitor and review the client's progress to ensure a consistent, equitable, high quality service, and to change intervention to meet clinical need as necessary.
* To work with clients and carers to assist them in making decisions regarding their needs by providing relevant information and advice.
* To liaise with multidisciplinary team and use clinical judgement, to plan and carry out Access, Home and Follow up visits (to patient's home) depending on clients needs
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
* The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
* Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
* Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role will include direct patient care as well as service development, supervision, information resource management, planning and organisation, education, research and audit, Please see detailed job description and person specification for more information.
Person specification
Qualification and KNowledge
Essential criteria
* Occupational Therapy qualification
* Registered with Health Professions Council
* Appreciation of current developments in health care provision
* Understanding of services available in the community
Desirable criteria
* Membership of a relevant specialist section of British Association of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience as a band 5 occupational therapist in a physical field in the NHS, Social Services or other similar setting
Desirable criteria
* Experience in any of the following areas: rheumatology, general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics, neurology, Care of the Elderly, wheelchair services or elderly mentally ill
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
* Ability to work with change
* Ability to work under pressure
Other
Desirable criteria
* Car driver with a driving licence valid for use in the UK. (Commitment to obtain a licence for long term use in UK is required if initially using non-UK licence, for when this expires)
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 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.
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.