Rotational Occupational Therapist

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Rotational Occupational Therapist to join their dynamic team. This full-time position involves providing high-quality occupational therapy services across multiple rotations including community and acute care. The ideal candidate is a registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC certification, ready to manage patient care effectively and contribute to staff training. This role supports career growth while ensuring top-notch patient care standards.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Supportive team environment

Comprehensive training opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Experience with varied patient conditions in an occupational therapy context.
• Strong organisational skills for managing diverse caseloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard occupational therapy services within the rotation.
• Manage patients’ care and develop treatment plans.
• Contribute to the education and training of others within the team.

Skills

Registered Occupational Therapist

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work independently

Knowledge of evidence-based practice

Education

HCPC registration

Final year Occupational Therapy students considered

Job description

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the well established and dynamic Occupational Therapy Team at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Rotational Occupational Therapist. We are recruiting to a 37.5 hour per week post.

Rotations can include, but are not limited to, Community Therapy, Intermediate Care, Paediatrics, Learning Disabilities, Orthopaedics and Acute therapies.

Some rotations are Monday to Sunday and some rotations will require access to a vehicle with appropriate business insurance.

On each rotation the post holder will be supported by passionate and experienced team members who will help guide and support your individual learning needs and ensure that the best standards of care are provided.

You must be a registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration but we will consider students in their final year.

To provide a high standard occupational therapy services to patients within the rotation. To act as a source of knowledge on the management of current caseloads and provide an advisory service to patients, relatives, other healthcare professionals and students. To take a role in the assessment and treatment of patients within the rotation, to provide occupational therapy treatment indicated and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working with direct supervision. To assist teams in planning, co‑ordination, delivering and evaluating the therapy services provided within the rotation. To participate in the education and training of occupational therapists, other health professionals and OT students in the management of OT conditions as appropriate in the respective rotation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.
• Ensure high standards of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support therapy assistants to do likewise.
• Work independently, guided by defined clinical & professional guidelines. A more senior therapist is available when necessary. Clinical work is evaluated on a regular basis.
• Interpret and analyse clinical and non‑clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions, recommend the best course of intervention, and develop comprehensive treatment and discharge plans.
• Produce informative and detailed information for out‑of‑Trust patient transfers for continuing occupational therapy management.
• Take delegated responsibility for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing generic and occupational therapy assessments and treatment plans for patients within the rotation.
• Formulate and deliver an individual occupational therapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence‑based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills (e.g. graded occupational therapy techniques, patient education, exercises, and other alternative options).
• Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• Accept partial responsibility for any tasks delegated to unqualified staff.
• Demonstrate appropriately developed knowledge for the co‑ordination of a comprehensive OT plan relevant to the individual being treated.
• Assist the team in developing policy and procedures within therapy.

Planning and Organisational Duties

• Be responsible for a designated area of work, plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patients’ management and use of time.
• Decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient‑related and professional demands, and ensure alignment with those of the section as a whole.
• Be responsible for the safe and competent use of gym and therapy equipment by patients and student therapists, through teaching, training and supervision of practice.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up‑to‑date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in form of reports and letters.
• Be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics.
• Undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the team leader or the Head of Adult Clinical services.

Communications and Key Working Relationships

• Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure basic understanding of condition. Use communication skills such as persuasion, motivation, explanation to encourage patients to undertake their management programme.
• Maintain up to date written/electronic records and statistical data, documenting/registering these in line with professional and Trust requirements.
• Appropriately refer on to other health and social care professionals, also advocating appropriate self‑management to promote independence when possible. Develop excellent professional relationships with local health and social care services as part of the integration, working closely with local services to ensure holistic care is provided.
• Overcome barriers to communication using a range of verbal, non‑verbal and listening skills. This will include patients with hearing difficulties, visual difficulties, memory loss and confusion, behavioural problems, limited English and patients/carers unable to accept diagnosis.
• Use communication skills to motivate and encourage the patient to be responsible for their own health and wellbeing.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

This advert closes on Thursday 8 Jan 2026