Senior Orthopaedic Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 25 November 2025.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Orthopaedic Therapy team at Great Western Hospital. This is a chance to make a real impact in patient care while developing your professional skills in a supportive environment.
As part of our integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Rehabilitation Assistants, you will:
* Provide therapy to Orthopaedic patients across both Elective and Trauma wards.
* Deliver specialist care to a wide variety of patients, including those with major trauma, spinal injuries, and head injuries.
* Supervise and mentor Band 5 staff, Rehabilitation Assistants, and students.
* Contribute to service development and improvement projects, helping shape the future of our therapy services.
What We're Looking For
* Essential: Experience working in Orthopaedics.
* A passion for delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care.
* Strong leadership and teaching skills to support junior staff and students.
* Enthusiasm for service development and innovation.
We welcome applications from:
* Experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapists ready to step up into a Band 6 role.
* Established Band 6 therapists seeking to further develop their skills and expertise.
Main duties of the job
Manage and be responsible for a complex clinical caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused, rehabilitative approach for a broad range of conditions, in all areas where there are orthopaedic patients.
To foster good communication and develop strong networks with other members of the interdisciplinary team, multi-disciplinary team members, carers and external agencies concerned with the management of the patient.
To identify service development needs and implement the planning, development and evaluation of the service, and hold responsibility for defined projects.
To be able to stand in for the Team Leader in their absence if required.
To participate in the orthopaedic weekend rota.
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 responsibilities
To act as a specialist clinician within the Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy Service and carry a complex diverse case load which may include traumatic brain injury, Intensive Care, multiple trauma, complex children’s surgery, orthopaedic, musculo‑skeletal, surgical, medical and psychiatric conditions.
To assess the need for and to carry out assessment of the home environment making recommendations and referral for adaptations or equipment provision i.e. an environmental assessment without patient, a home assessment with patient, follow‑up visits and pre‑operative home visits for planned surgery.
To devise Occupational Therapy treatment plans and goals in collaboration with the patient, relatives, their carers and the Multidisciplinary Team and Interdisciplinary Team.
To have a good understanding of the effect of disability, to be able to educate patient, relatives and carers in issues relating to their diagnosis/prognosis and promote an understanding of its functional implications and the adaptation required.
Please see attached Job Description for full details of this role.
Person Specification
Education
* Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with Health Professions Council
Experience
* Experience of working in Orthopedics.
* Broad clinical experience in a variety of settings.
* Up‑to‑date evidence based clinical knowledge.
* Experience of working with children and/or adults in acute hospital services.
* Experience of changing or developing a service.
* Experience of supervising junior staff/assistants/students.
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.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum
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