Occupational Therapist - Rotational

FHFT Education Academy; Slough; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Slough is seeking an Occupational Therapist at Band 5 to join a 37.5-hour, permanent rotation across wards and community rehab. The role includes surgical, medical, elderly care and stroke pathways, with weekend rostered work on a pattern.

You will receive supervision and opportunities to develop leadership alongside clinical skills. HCPC registration and OT degree are required; CPD evidence is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in OT.
• HCPC registration.
• Documented evidence of CPD.

Responsibilities

• Clinical management of patients and relevant paperwork.
• Contribute to development and safety in the OT Department.
• Be flexible to service needs with rotations across wards and sites.
• Rotation may include Surgery, Orthopaedics, Medical, Frailty, A&E, Stroke, Community rehab.

Skills

Good organisation

Written and oral communication

Ability to work under pressure

Training and facilitation

Education

Degree or Diploma in OT

HCPC registration

CPD evidence

Job description

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: Weekend working a part of a rostered working pattern Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 151-NM435

Site Wexham Park Hospital Town Slough Salary £33,677 - £40,996 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

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 a brighter future within the NHS?

Do you want

• To learn in a fast-paced hospital setting?
• 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 and out patient rotation providing you with diverse experiences including Medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Elderly Rehabilitation, A&E, Stroke, Hand Therapy, Community inpatient rehabilitation and Community based therapy (site dependent).
• Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues.
• Peer support from a large group of colleagues on the rotation.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibilities are in clinical management of patients and relevant paperwork.
• Contribute to the continued development and maintenance of efficiency and safety in the Occupational Therapy (OT) Department.
• Be flexible at times of increased capacity to the service.
  Rotation may include:
• FPH – Surgery, Orthopaedic, Medical, Frailty, A&E, Acute & Hyperacute stroke, Community rehabilitation (in-patient), Community*
• WPH – Acute Medical, Older Persons Medicine, Stroke, Neuro, Orthopaedic, Surgery, ED, Palliative, Hand Therapy*
• *May be dependent on experience.
• Hours of work are determined by service need, which includes rostered 7 day working, and vary across rotations.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in OT
• HCPC registration
• Documented evidence of CPD.

Skills & Knowledge

• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities, relevant to acute physical hospital setting
• Be able to work under pressure
• Training and facilitation skills

Experience

• Experience of work as an OT or placement as an OT student within the acute hospital setting.
• Worked (could be as a student) in some of the following areas: Acute Medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Elderly Care, A&E, Neurology, Hands, Community rehab.
• Experience using of an electronic patient care system.
• Experience of research and audit.

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. Th rough 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.

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