Acute Rotation Occupational Therapist

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our team across a range of rotations. You will deliver high-quality, person-centred care in a fast-paced hospital setting and develop leadership as well as clinical skills through structured rotations.

You will work with a diverse team, supported by peers, clinical educators and experienced OT leaders, with opportunities for ongoing professional development and appraisal.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria include a degree in OT and HCPC registration.
• Ability to work independently with individuals and groups.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and professional ethics in practice.
• Experience with EPR and evidence-based practice is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, person-centred OT care across rotations.
• Develop leadership and clinical skills through six-month rotations.
• Work in Medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Elderly Rehab, A&E, Stroke, Hand Therapy.
• Benefit from multi-professional supervision, peer support and preceptorship.

Skills

Single-handed work

Computer literacy

Team player

Reflective practice

Risk assessment

Ethics knowledge

Evidence-based practice

Driving licence

Education

Degree in OT

HCPC registration

Job description

• Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters?
• Qualifying this year, just starting your career or looking for new learning opportunities?
• Ready for a new challenge?
• Thinking about return to practice?
• Driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations?
• Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future?

Are you:

• Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters?
• Qualifying this year, just starting your career or looking for new learning opportunities?
• Ready for a new challenge?
• Thinking about return to practice?
• Driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations?
• Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future?

Do you want

• To learn in a fast-paced hospital setting?
• To grow your leadership skills as well as your clinical skills?
• Work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience?
• Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders?

We Can Offer

• An acute rotation providing you with diverse experiences including Medicine (Respiratory, Frailty, Endocrine, Gastro), Orthopaedics, Surgery, Elderly Rehabilitation, A&E, Stroke and Hand Therapy (WPH only)
• Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues
• Peer support
• A multi-professional preceptorship program

Main duties of the job

• To provide excellent, high-quality person centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strive to provide a service fit for today and the future, develop personal leadership to support clinical growth. Every rotation (6 months) brings duties specific for that speciality and team.
• Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in OT
• HCPC registration

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
• Computer literacy
• Team Player – understanding team dynamics
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Knowledge of risk assessment
• Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice
• Must be able to drive

Desirable criteria

• Presentation skills
• Training and facilitation skills

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of work as an OT or placement as an OT student within the UK acute hospital setting
• Documented evidence of CPD
• Worked (could be as a student) in some of the following areas:- Acute Medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Elderly Care, A&E, Neurology, community rehab.

Desirable criteria

• Use of Electronic patient record

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.