Rotational Occupational Therapist - UHL Band 5

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is recruiting a Rotational Occupational Therapist (Band 5) to work across acute and rehabilitation settings in University Hospital Lewisham and Lewisham community areas.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, manage a defined caseload, contribute to discharge planning, and develop core OT skills through a supportive rotation. The role is full time, 37.5 hours per week, with opportunities for professional development and supervision.

Qualifications

• Rotational scheme suitable for developing core OT skills.
• Operating within a multidisciplinary team across acute and community settings.
• Commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload and deliver patient-centred OT assessment and treatment.
• Contribute to discharge planning and community follow-up as required.
• Participate in service development and rotation across clinical areas.

Job description

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Rotational Occupational Therapist - UHL Band 5

Band 5

Main area Adult Occupational Therapy UHL Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 197-AO8752

Site University Hospital Lewisham Town London Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum plus HCAS (pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the IC in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

This rotation contains a variety of acute based options. There is a large ranges of posts which will encourage development of core OT skills within a supportive environment.

You will be working a well-established therapy teams, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in the vibrant and diverse area of Lewisham.

Our well established team will support your transition from student to newly qualified therapist or encourage further development for experienced band 5s

The post holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality, patient-centred occupational therapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning across designated clinical areas.

The role involves managing a defined caseload with support from senior therapists, contributing to service development, and delivering evidence-based interventions to maximise patients’ functional independence and occupational performance.

This role contains all core acute based rotations. There are a variety of settings which will encourage development of core OT skills within a very supportive environment.

PLEASE NOTE: We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

Rotations include:

• ED
• Frailty
• Acute Medical Wards (including Cardiology and Oncology)
• Acute Respiratory Wards
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• General Surgery
• Elderly Care.
• Stroke

You will be working across well-established therapy teams, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in the vibrant and diverse area of Lewisham.

We have a strong focus on teaching and development, including fortnightly in-service training, protected CPD time and a self-directed band 5 development group. You will have the opportunity to participate in our well established OT-specific preceptorship programme, to support in the transition from student to qualified practitioner

You will be supported by our band 6 and band 7 staff to develop your skills in the assessment, treatment & Rehab and discharge planning of patients with a broad range of acute medical conditions and presentations .

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

• To manage a designated caseload using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• Maintain records which fulfil legal requirements.
• Participation in rotational scheme :-

- Elderly Rehabilitation

- Stroke Unit

- Orthopaedics/Surgery

KEY RESULT AREAS

1 Clinical

1.1 To assess and treat a specific caseload of patients

1.2 To undertake individual initial screens to identify patient need including areas affecting functional ability, followed by agreed assessment plans.

• To design / plan individual patient treatment programmes to implement oneself, or to delegate as appropriate.

1.4 To assess and provide treatment for the functional level of patients with regard to personal and domesticactivities of daily living, to maximise independence.

1.5 To select andconduct standardised cognitive and perceptual testing with further assessment whenneeded.

1.6 To carry out an initial risk assessment where necessary and to monitor ongoing risk.

1.7 To assess need and risk factors for hoist and wheelchair provision.

1.8 To advise on, recommend, make provision for the installation of; appropriate aids and adaptations to thepatient’s social and physical environment.

1.9 To assess for and manufacture appropriate upper limb splints as needed.

1.10 To design and monitor ongoing splint regimes.

1.11 To carry out home visits with or without the patient to assess environmental risks and functional ability at home.

1.12 To carry out community visits to assess for and practise daily living skills asneeded.

1.13 To identify and set client centred goals

1.14 To monitor and evaluate treatment, including the use of outcome measures, in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

1.15 To participate in decisions regarding placements post discharge

1.16 To undertake discharge planning / co-ordination of complex patients.

1.17 To refer onto appropriate agencies for:- the continuation of treatment, reassessment, monitoring, and provision of further adaptations.

1.18 To participate in the Occupational Therapy service weekend and bank holiday rota.

2 Communication

2.1 To communicate effectively with patients and carers, OT colleagues, multidisciplinary team members andother agencies