Rotational Occupational Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in London seeks a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for a rotational post involving patient assessments and treatments across diverse clinical specialties. The role requires a degree in Occupational Therapy and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care. The position involves working across various hospital sites and providing support to junior staff. This exciting opportunity offers growth and development within a renowned trust.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated, autonomous and dynamic individual.
• Commitment to improving clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to provide high quality, timely, and effective services.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based assessments and treatment plans.
• Supervise and support the learning of other staff.
• Participate in evidence-based audits and service development.

Skills

Functional assessments

Cognitive assessments

Motor assessments

Sensory assessments

Perceptual assessments

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen on the band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation for 1 year maternity leave cover at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a rotational post, aimed at consolidating and enhancing knowledge and experience across acute rotations at The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Tertiary Centre for heart and cancer care. The role provides high quality patient assessment, treatment and intervention as part the specialist therapy team on each rotation.

Rotations

We are looking for a highly skilled, innovative and passionate individual to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy team. The Royal London Hospital & St Bartholomew’s Hospital Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation involves 9-month rotations across a range of diverse areas including:

• Hand Therapy
• Neurosciences
• Major Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Stroke (HASU and ASU)
• Cardiac surgery and Cardiology
• Vascular and Amputees
• Oncology
• Acute Assessment Unit
• Specialist Medicine

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, autonomous and dynamic individual who is committed to further improving their clinical assessment and activity analysis skills and providing high quality, timely and effective services to patients and the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based functional assessments, treatment and discharge planning to patients within the clinical speciality.
• Provide advanced cognitive, motor, sensory and perceptual assessments and treatments for patients with complex needs.
• Provide specialist advice and information to patients, carers and other professionals.
• Perform manual handling tasks such as the hoisting and/or transfer of patients, fitting of ADL equipment, and basic IT skills.
• Participate in evidence-based audit and service development projects relevant to the area of speciality in conjunction with the Senior Therapists (OT/PT).
• Provide supervision and support learning and development of other staff including band 5 occupational therapists, support workers and students.

Rotational Scheme

Participate in the Band 6 rotational scheme working across the Barts Health NHS Trust sites which will require working in a range of ward settings and departments including:

• Hand Therapy
• Neurosciences (Neuro-Trauma/Trauma-Ortho)
• Stroke (HASU and ASU)
• Cardiac surgery and Cardiology
• Vascular and Amputees
• Oncology
• Acute Assessment Unit
• Specialist Medicine
• Health Care of the Elderly

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

This advert closes on Monday 24 Nov 2025