Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Occupational Therapist for a Band 6 rotational programme. You will gain broad clinical experience across acute and rehabilitation settings, supporting your development into a confident clinician with 7–9 month rotations.

You will work in a supportive MDT, contribute to assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning for patients with complex needs, and have opportunities in quality improvement, teaching, and service development.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing patients with complex needs
• Involvement in assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy intervention.
• Assess and treat patients with complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated MDT assessment, rehabilitation and discharge service.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the Lone Working Policy.
• Assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.
• Write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and ongoing OT intervention.
• Liaise with referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• Assist with planning and prioritisation of patient workload in the event of staff absence to ensure OT service continuity.
• Ensure up-to-date written and electronic records are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• Communicate complex information to patients and carers with appropriate understanding and reassurance.

Skills

OT assessments

Discharge planning

Risk assessment

Job description

At King’s, we value your career and are committed to supporting your professional development. We pride ourselves on helping our OTs build their skills, broaden their experience and progress through the bands, with opportunities to develop and grow your career within our service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our well-established Band 6 rotational programme. You will gain broad clinical experience across a range of specialist areas, working in both acute and rehabilitation settings, supporting your development into a confident and skilled clinician. Rotations are typically 7-9 months in length.

We are looking for an occupational therapist who is motivated, and committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. You will work as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team, contributing to assessment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning for patients with complex needs.

There are opportunities to be involved in quality improvement, teaching, and ongoing service development.

We welcome applications that detail your personal experiences and skills that would make you a good fit for this role.

The post requires a flexible approach to working and requires the post holder to undertake weekend commitments as required.

All staff are required to work across multiple sites as required by the rotation.

• Identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy intervention. Assess and treat patients with complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated MDT assessment, rehabilitation and discharge service.
• Competent in the administration of OT assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy.
• Assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.
• Write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and recommendations regarding ongoing OT intervention.
• Liaise and work with referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• Assist with planning and prioritisation of patient workload in the event of staff absence to ensure OT service is maintained.
• Ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• Communicate complex information to patients and carers with appropriate understanding and reassurance.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Doyle Job title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032996262

Further Questions, Please Contact Below

Michelle Doyle

Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (Neurosciences and Stroke)

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