Bank Occupational Therapist - Band 6

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Grantham; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

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Flexible working

Descripción de la vacante

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our bank workforce across Grantham, Lincoln and Pilgrim sites. This role offers flexible working patterns, including bank hours, with opportunities to cover across medicine, orthopaedics, and care of older people.

The successful candidates will have a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy, HCPC registration, and post‑registration experience in acute settings.

Formación

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy (OT).
• Post-registration experience in acute hospital settings desirable.
• Ability to work independently within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsabilidades

• Work across acute hospital settings including medicine, orthopaedics, surgery, frailty and respiratory care.
• Provide OT assessment and intervention across multiple sites (Grantham, Lincoln, Pilgrim).
• Demonstrate clinical reasoning, communication and organisational skills in patient care.
• Contribute to service development and governance activities.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning

Organisational skills

Educación

BSc OT or MSc OT

HCPC Registration

Descripción del empleo

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 6 Contract Bank Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (This will include bank holiday working) Job ref 357-GR-716-26

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincoln Hospital , Grantham Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston Town Grantham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Bank Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Band 6

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.

Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.

Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview

Bank Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Bank opportunities across United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT)

Locations: Grantham and District Hospital, Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.

Flexible working opportunities available.

Join Our Occupational Therapy Bank Team

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our growing bank workforce.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across a range of acute hospital settings, supporting patients throughout their healthcare journey while enjoying the flexibility of bank working.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work across a variety of clinical areas including medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Health Care of the Older People, Front Door services (Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Areas 8am to 8pm service hours) and Respiratory.

Posts are available across Grantham and District Hospital, Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.

We are seeking Occupational Therapist with a degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy.

• Have post registration experience within acute hospital settings.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, clinical reasoning and organisational skills.
• Can work independently as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Are adaptable and enjoy working across different clinical specialties.
• Experience in medicine, orthopaedics, frailty, elderly care or front door services would be advantageous.

If you are a dynamic Occupational Therapist looking for flexible working opportunities and the chance to make a real different across hospitals, we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is in a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Person specification

Qulification

• HCPC Registration
• BSc OT or MSc OT
• Willingness to complete postgraduate study relating to the clinical area.
• Masters in Occupational Therapy
• RCOT Member
• Post registration study relevant to Frailty

Experience

• Relevant post graduate Occupational Theraphy experience within an acute NHS or Community setting or willingness to learm.
• Evidence of participation in clinical Governance activities.
• Evidence of active involvement in service developments.
• Experience of a range of clinical areas including general surgery, orthopaedics, medicine, care of older people, orthopaedics, community, Respiratory, Therapy at the Front Door
• Evidence of involvement in organisations which support clinical practice eg RCOT specialist sect
• Evidence of having taken a lead in service developments.