Rotational Occupational Therapist | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in London is seeking an experienced occupational therapist for a Band 6 rotation across various settings including inpatient and community care. You will enhance your skills in assessment and rehabilitation, supervising junior staff and participating in service development. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a diverse socio-economic environment with a wide range of patients.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Ongoing professional development

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in acute inpatient, intermediate care, community, and outpatient settings.
• Ability to work in a challenging socio-economic environment.
• Understanding of diverse cultural backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy for a variety of patients.
• Supervise Band 5 occupational therapists and therapy assistants.
• Engage in service evaluation and development.

Skills

Experience in occupational therapy

Ability to assess and treat complex conditions

Clinical supervision skills

Education

Registered occupational therapist

Job description

Overview

With the addition of a post working at Hackney Social Services occupational therapy department, this is a really exciting time to join our Band 6 rotation to gain experience across the acute and intermediate care field. We are very excited about the new social services role, and how it can fit into an NHS rotation.

The rotations are 9 months in duration and are based across three locations within Hackney: Homerton University Hospital, Hackney Service Centre and Orsman Road.

If you are an experienced Band 5 or an existing Band 6 keen to develop your expertise, this post will offer you the opportunity to increase your specialist skills in the assessment and treatment of acute and long term conditions in a variety of settings; in-patient, intermediate care, community and outpatient.

The post holder will be working in a challenging socio-economic environment, involving patients who have highly complex social problems and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy for a wide range of patients requiring assessment and rehabilitation in acute inpatient, and community environments.
• Provide clinical supervision and appraisal for Band 5 occupational therapists, therapy assistants and students, depending on rotation.
• Participate in ongoing service evaluation and development.

About the Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. The Trust also manages services out of St Leonard\'s Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Additional information

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Thursday 9 Oct 2025