Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS Jobs; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction training

In-service training

Opportunities for further learning

Job summary

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon is advertising a 12-month maternity cover for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist in the Acute OT team. The post holder will join a supportive team delivering OT across medical, surgical and respiratory wards to help patients plan for home after hospital.

The role offers induction, in-service training and opportunities for further learning, regular supervision, and participation in daily caseload and team meetings.

Qualifications

• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area
• Evidence of continuing Professional Development
• Registered field work educator
• NVQ Assessor
• Evidence of basic management training
• Member of special interest group
• Member of professional body

Responsibilities

• To assist with the modernisation of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
• To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
• The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Education

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Go back Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 08 October 2026

We are excited to be able to advertise a 12 month maternity cover for a Band 6 Occupational Therapy Role within the Acute OT team at Great Western Hospital.

The successful post holder will be joining a team of Occupational therapists, Apprentices and Assistants covering Medical, Surgical and Respiratory wards, supporting patients, families and carers when planning for home after hospital.

We are a supportive, welcoming and passionate team who work together for the benefit of each other, our patients and the wider team working. We value making new team members feel capable and confident and therefore offer a good induction, in-service training and opportunities for further learning.

You can also expect to have regular support in the way of supervision, daily caseload meetings and monthly team meetings.

Main duties of the job

Support the clinical delivery of Occupational Therapy on the Acute Wards by:

• Prioritising patients who require OT to support weekends discharges.
• Provide interventions inc. Assessing and providing equipment to enable and support on discharge.
• Providing Risk Assessments for care agencies for new equipment.
• Signposting and referring patients on to services to support follow up on discharge.
• Liaising with the MDT to support problem solving blocks to weekend discharges for example working with transport teams and our discharge support teams.
• Providing guidance and training to patients and their families and carers to promote independence to manage at home, following acute illness.
• Supporting team leadership roles e.g. sickness, staffing

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job responsibilities

• To assist with the modernisation of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
• To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
• The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Please see Job Description for full information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area
• Evidence of continuing Professional Development
• Registered field work educator
• NVQ Assessor
• Evidence of basic management training
• Member of special interest group
• Member of professional body

Experience

• Experience of working within the specific clinical area
• Broad clinical experience e.g. surgical, ED, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, hand injuries, rehabilitation
• Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload
• Use of goal setting and outcome measures
• Experience of providing supervision for junior staff or assistants
• Lead for student supervision
• Carrying out and receiving appraisal
• Experience in and an understanding of clinical governance e.g. audit, risk management, education
• Application of the Occupational Therapy process and models of practice
• Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a highly complex caseload
• Experience of working with children and/ or adults in acute hospital services
• Experience of using a wide range of standardised and non-standardised assessments
• Involvement in the recruitment and retention process
• Service development and change management
• Taking a lead role in project work
• Inter-disciplinary team working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata