Job Summary
Rotational Occupational Therapist / Band 5 / 37.5 hours per week
The Great Western Hospital are looking to recruit Band 5 Occupational Therapists as part of our well-established rotational programme. We are looking to welcome experienced OT's along with Students that have qualified in summer 2025.
Our Rotational Programme includes gaining valuable experience in the below areas:
* In patient Orthopaedics
* Acute Medicine and surgery
* Front Door
* Acute Stroke Unit
* Generaland Stroke inpatient rehab
* General Rehab and step-down/complex discharge planning
* Community Rehab
The Rotational Programme can be tailored to accommodate your interests and your learning and development needs.
If you would like to find out more information about this opportunity or to arrange a brief department walk around, please get in touch with Louise White or Briony Howard on
We look forward to hearing from you
Main duties of the job
* Manage and be responsible for an assigned clinical caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused, rehabilitative or compensatory approach for a broad range of conditions, within hospital/ communitysettings.
* To assess occupational performance then plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based client centred interventions maintaining the associated records in compliance with the standards from the College Of Occupational Therapy, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Community Intermediate Care Team.
About us
"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."
Job Description
Job responsibilities
* To communicate with other multi-disciplinary team members, families, carers, and external agencies concerned with the management of the patient.
* Participate in the Band 5 Rotation Scheme.
* To develop skills and knowledge through the competency framework and participate in continuous professional development, in-service training and any other developmental activities.
* To screen and prioritise referrals within an assigned caseload, following service standards and referring to other agencies where necessary.
* To undertake standardised and non-standardised basic Occupational Therapy assessments and analyse in the context of the patients daily activities, for a designated caseload following department standards and protocols.
Please See The Attached Job Description For Full Information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications
Essential
* Diploma /Degree: Occupational Therapy
* Registered with Health Profession council
Desirable
* Member of professional body / special interest groups
Experience
Essential
* Application of OT process
* Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
* Broad clinical experience.(placement level or post graduate)
* Use of basic outcome measures.
* Evidence of Continuing professional development e.g. a Portfolio
Desirable
* Audit
* Experience of planning and coordinating treatment programmes
* Experience of a broad range of clinical interventions
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).