Occupational Therapist - Band 6

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Annual Leave 27–33 days

Bank working

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust seeks an established Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join Lincoln County Hospital. You will manage a defined caseload with supervision, focusing on patients undergoing surgery, respiratory or cardiac conditions, and work to enable independence in daily activities.

The post offers permanent contract, 37.5 hours per week, rostered weekends/bank holidays, NHS pension, generous annual leave, and opportunities for development through preceptorship and

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist and registered with RCOT.
• Postgraduate qualifications in core occupational therapy areas.
• Willingness to complete postgraduate study related to the clinical area.
• Proficient with Microsoft Teams, Excel and Outlook.
• Practice Education certificate / L’ APPLE post-registration study related to complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Support patients to achieve independence in occupational performance activities.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to plan discharge and community-based rehabilitation.
• Provide person-centred care and meet best practice standards.
• Travel across county and between sites as required.

Education

HCPC Registration

Dip.COT / BSc OT / MSc OT

RCOT Member

Practice Education certificate /L’ APPLE Post registration study relevant to complex case management with older adults and surgery

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (requirement to work on a rostered basis over weekends and bank holidays.) Job ref 357-LN-668-26

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincoln County Hospital Town Lincoln Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Occupational Therapist - Band 6

NHS AfC: 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

We are looking to recruit an established Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work at Lincoln County Hospital. We are seeking a motivated, proactive individual to join our team. If you have a special interest in working with patients impacted by surgery, respiratory or cardiac conditions. Then this is the post for you

The successful applicants will be required to independently manage a defined caseload with indirect supervision from a Senior Occupational Therapist. They will support patients to achieve their individual goals enabling them to gain and/or maintain independence in their chosen occupational performance activities. They will be someone who is committed to meeting best practice standards and providing person‑centred care.

Working with local Universities we offer ongoing student placement experiences for apprenticeships, undergraduate and masters programme student

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be required to support patients to achieve their individual goals enabling them to gain and/or maintain independence in their chosen occupational performance activities. Working as part of the Multidisciplinary Team the post holder will then assist patients in preparing for their discharge from the hospital setting into their identified place of discharge (e.g. home or community based rehabilitation settings) while taking into account their individual Occupational needs.

The department is a well‑established team with Bands 2-8 working within inpatient, outpatient and closely with our Discharge to Assess and rehab partners in the community. There is plenty of opportunity to develop. The department offers an established in‑service training programme, clinical supervision and support through preceptorship, performance development review & peer group support.

Working for our organisation

Lincoln Hospital is 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.

Person specification

Evidence of skills , knowledge and Aptitudes

• Well‑developed written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• IT Skills
• Ability to provide leadership and provide support for team and team leader
• Ability to work flexibly and proactively to meet the needs of varied clinical areas
• Change management and leadership skills
• Supervisory skills
• Able to meet requirements of preceptor profile
• A passion for working with older people

Specific requirements

• Commitment to meeting best practice standards
• Commitment to providing person‑centred care and occupation‑focused practice
• Demonstrated ability to complete PDR objectives.
• Proficient in use of range of Moving and Handling aids. Able to assess, treat and educate in the use of equipment
• Ability to travel across county and between sites
• Teaching skills

experience

• Relevent postgraduate experience within core specialities
• Evidence of participation within clinical governance
• Evidence of audit and service development
• Membership of RCOT special interest group
• Experience of supervising staff and delegating caseloads
• Completion of preceptorship programme

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration
• Dip.COT / BSc OT / MSc OT
• Willingness to complete postgraduate study relating to the clinical area
• RCOT Member
• Proficient in use of Microsoft teams, Excel, Outlook
• Practice Education certificate /L’ APPLE Post registration study relevant to complex case management with older adults and surgery.

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period.

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete.

Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.