Occupational Therapist - Rapid Response Team

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist for the Rapid Response team at Hull Royal Infirmary. The post focuses on preventing unnecessary admissions, assessing needs across a range of conditions, and delivering targeted interventions to promote recovery and independence.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, contribute to service planning and teaching, and work a Ground Floor late shift rota until 8pm.

Qualifications

• At least 12 months UK experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist.
• Sound clinical foundation and ability to step up to Band 6.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan across varied clinical conditions to support timely discharges.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions to optimise independent functioning.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and build partnerships with other agencies involved in patient care.
• Contribute to the Ground Floor late shift rota until 8pm.

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist - Rapid Response Team | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Company: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Hull, HU3 2JZ

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 21 Oct 2026

Closing date: 20 Nov 2026

Summary

Are you passionate about preventing hospital admissions and optimising functional performance for your patients in a fast-paced clinical area? If so, this could be the role for you!

The Humber Health Partnership are looking to recruit a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist for the Rapid Response team at Hull Royal Infirmary.

The post holder will work alongside colleagues to support the assessment of need across a range of clinical conditions with varying degrees of complexity. As a skilled therapist you will have direct input into the assessment and treatment of patients, delivering evidence-based interventions to facilitate recovery, prevent deconditioning, promote well-being, and optimise independent functioning as far as reasonably possible in all areas of life; with a focus on facilitating timely discharges and preventing hospital admissions in the most acute clinical areas in the Trust.

We are seeking applicants with at least 12 months UK experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist, who can demonstrate a sound clinical foundation in practice and is ready to make the step up to a Band 6 role. Applicants should be able to adapt quickly to changing work environments and work well within a team. You will be expected to be an active member of the multidisciplinary team and build networks to enable appropriate partnerships with other agencies involved in patient care to both identify and address immediate and ongoing needs.

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the Ground Floor late shift rota until 8pm, utilising core assessment skills and positive risk-taking to facilitate patient movement across the organisation.

The post holder will be able to assess in an effective and timely manner within a rapid-paced environment. Confidence in enabling patients in personalised care, assessment of capacity, cognitive assessments, manual handling, and functional assessments will be enhanced and nurtured within this role.

Support will be provided to enhance operational management skills and the post holders will be supported to contribute to service planning, development, and teaching. As a Senior Therapist, the post holder will aspire to be a role model for their team and pride themselves on delivering high-quality care, motivating their team to do the same.

About the Humber Health Partnership

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole and District Hospital (for NLAG), and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital (for HUTH).

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery, and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled, and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership, and our community.

Additional Information

For further details regarding this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Nov 2026