Overview
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Rotational Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 12 October 2025
Are you an Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration? Are you looking for the next step in your career? Or maybe you're looking for a change in scenery as a Senior Occupational Therapist?
Join our large and inspirational Adult Therapies Service as UHBW as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, where you will develop your career in-line with the RCOT Career Framework.
Our team is made up of 400 colleagues who collaboratively work across Bristol & Weston sites. You can find out more about the Adult Therapies Service here: Therapies - UHBW Careers
This is an exciting cross-site rotational role where you will gain specialist skills and knowledge to help develop and guide you through your career.
Main duties of the job
Within this role, you will rotate across a variety of specialities and sites across both Bristol & Weston. These rotations include:
* Trauma and Orthopaedics
* Critical Care, Cardiac and Surgery
* Older Person Therapy including Front Door
* Stroke
* Paediatrics
* Oncology
During your rotation, you'll be building relationships with new teams and adapting to new environments, all that offer unique benefits and incentives such as:
* Supportive, integrated team working
* IST/journal clubs/ research opportunities
* Protected and regular Clinical supervision from a Team Lead OT/ Clinical Specialist OT
* Service development and QI projects
* Cake rotas
Want to hear more about the benefits of working at UHBW? The staff benefits are available on the UHBW careers site.
We encourage you to get in touch with Physiotherapist and Pathway Lead - Laura, for an informal chat on 0117 342 7343 or email laura.harrison2@uhbw.nhs.uk. Fancy meeting in person? Please get in touch and ask for a tour of the department!
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
* Experience of working as part of an Occupational Therapy team &/ or multidisciplinary team
* Staff have completed a variety of rotations as a band 5
* Contributing to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
* Experience of discharge planning
* Previous experience at Band 6
* Clinical supervision of students & technician staff
* Experience or knowledge of working in an acute hospital setting/community setting
* Previous NHS experience
Skills and abilities
* Ability to work unsupervised
* Ability to plan, prioritise & delegate
* Demonstrate Assessment, Analytical & Reflective skills across a diverse patient group
* Ability to meet deadlines & work under pressure
* Ability to effectively perform patient assessments & interventions, including therapeutic handling
* Excellent organisational skills
* Ability to travel between sites
* Knowledge of clinical Governance & its application to Occupational Therapy
* Ability to cope in a stressful environment undertaking moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carrying out concurrent activities
* Competent IT Skills
* Ability to effect & manage change
* Leadership Skills
Qualifications and Training
* Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Health Professions Council registered
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
* Involvement in Relevant Special Clinical Interest Groups
* Credible & mature attitude, which is recognised & respected by other staff
* Demonstrates a commitment to own professional development
* Commitment to Trust values: We are supportive, we are respectful, we are innovative, we are collaborative
* Committed to team working
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 Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
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