Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Harefield; Sur place; GBP 31 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Free shuttle bus

Study leave

Research and quality improvement

Health and wellbeing service

Résumé du poste

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the therapy team. The post involves inpatient rehabilitation, critical care, and complex caseloads across transplant and cardiothoracic care, working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver autonomous, evidence-based interventions.

You will lead junior staff, contribute to service development, and support timely discharges through collaboration with the Complex Discharge team.

Qualifications

• Provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy interventions to critical care, transplant and cardiothoracic surgery patients.
• Manage a caseload of highly complex cases with autonomous practice and clinical reasoning.
• Lead junior staff through supervision and annual appraisal.

Responsabilités

• Inpatient rehabilitation and critical care support with stroke, cardiothoracic and transplant patients.
• Collaborate with other Allied Health Professionals in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Represent the Occupational Therapy service within the Trust and contribute to quality improvement projects.
• Partner with the Complex Discharge team to ensure timely discharges.

Connaissances

Leadership

Communication

MDT collaboration

Description du poste

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £55,524 - £62,652 per annnum inc. Outer London H.C.A (pro rata of full time)

Due to a member of our gaining NIHR research funding we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic dynamic occupational therapist to join out therapy team.

This post will include inpatient rehab , Critical Care, Stroke patients, Cardiothoracic surgery, transplantation and will work closely with other Allied Health Professionals within a multi-disciplinary team model. The post holder will need excellent communication and leadership skills.

We offer:

• a free shuttle bus between hospital sites
• 10 days of study leave a year,
• excellent opportunities in research and quality improvement
• a comprehensive health and well-being service

To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy interventions to critical care, transplant, adult cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology patients within the acute, specialist hospital setting. Manage a caseload of patients with highly complex needs, using evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Provide this service with a caseload of complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating high-level problem solving and clinical reasoning skills, and independence in judgement.

To provide leadership for junior staff, through regular supervision and annual appraisal. Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Service, and represent the Occupational Therapy service within the Trust.

To play a major role in the continuous development of the Trust as a member of the Occupational Therapy team and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups.

To work in partnership with the Complex Discharge team ensuring timely and appropriate discharges for patients.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.#

We have around 23,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

The main tasks and responsibilities are outlines in the job description, please read or contact for further details.

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

£30,630 - £32,346 Per Annum Inclusive of Outer London HCA - Pro-Rata

£36,943 - £44,900 p.a. Inclusive of Outer London Weighting (If part time Pro rata)