Specialist Occupational Therapist- Adult Orthopaedics Team

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading national specialist hospital as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in the Adult Orthopaedics Team. You'll provide tailored care to patients with complex conditions in a dynamic environment that promotes professional development. This role offers significant opportunities for growth in clinical and non-clinical areas, supported by experienced staff.

Qualifications

• 3 years minimum post qualification experience required, including NHS experience.
• Ability to assess and treat highly complex patients.
• Experience with staff appraisal and knowledge of MDT dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service in adult orthopaedics.
• Independently assess and treat patients during inpatient rehabilitation.
• Promote occupational therapy and ensure smooth day-to-day team operations.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Good written and spoken English

Ability to communicate with a variety of people

Good organization of self and time

Supervision experience

Teaching experience

Knowledge of biomechanical, cognitive behavioural and neurological treatment approaches

Flexibility and punctuality

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Registered with HCPC

Evidence of relevant CPD

Tools

Knowledge of specialist equipment

Experience with clinical audit and outcome measures

Wheelchair assessment

Job description

Go back Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist- Adult Orthopaedics Team

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to work in a national specialist hospital? If you have a passion for orthopaedics and physical rehabilitation and want put your practical problem solving skills to the test to work with a rewarding group of patients, then this is the job for you!

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Occupational Therapy department at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This role is part of a well established adult orthopaedic team to providing tailored, individualised care to patients with complex orthopaedic conditions including revision hip replacements, spinal surgery and upper limb surgery. This role is ideally suited to an existing or emerging band 6 occupational therapist.

We are dedicated to support staff members upskill in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will have excellent development opportunities in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will be well supported by your clinical and professional OT supervisor, have access to CPD opportunities, as well as leadership support.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the speciality of adult orthopaedics in a busy ward setting
• To independently assess and treat patients through the acute post-operative phase of inpatient care, including short stay patients and inpatient rehabilitation
• To promote the occupational therapy role and ensure the smooth day to day running of the team
• To effectively work alongside colleagues in the multi disciplinary team to achieve the patients goals and facilitate safe transition from hospital to discharge destination
• To adopt and promote a culture of continuous learning and personal development
• To teach and supervise junior members of the team, therapy technicians and occupational therapy students
• To contribute to service improvement to maintain high quality clinical care
• To deputise for the Band 7 lead occupational therapist as appropriate including attending meetings and performing managerial and clinical tasks
• This post will be part of a weekend Occupational Therapy service supporting discharges and rehabilitation across the inpatient ward

About us

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please see attached JD and PS for details.

Job Purpose summary

To assess and treat routine and highly complex patients in the adult orthopaedic team, to teach junior staff and students and support the in developing the service.

To provide cover for administrative, managerial and clinical tasks in the temporary absence of another member of the team, as appropriate to own level of experience.

Person Specification

Analytical & Judgment Skills

• Clinical reasoning skills

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• 3 years minimum post qualification experience, including 6 months relevant clinical experience to the post
• 6 months NHS experience
• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with the HCPC
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Supervision experience and Teaching experience
• Knowledge of biomechanical, cognitive behavioural and neurological treatment approaches applicable to clinical area
• Experience with staff appraisal
• Experience with clinical audit and outcome measures.
• Previous experience at Band 6.
• Awareness of some specialist equipment relevant to the post
• Wheelchair assessment
• Member of the RCOT or recognised equivalent

Communication & Relationship Skills

• Good written and spoken English
• Able to communicate with a variety of people, occasionally in emotional distress
• Understanding of team dynamics in relation to MDT working

Planning & Organisational Skills

• Good organisation of self and time
• Willingness to take appropriate level of responsibility.
• Flexibility and punctuality

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development and Responsibility for Research & Developmentnd

• Clinical audit and outcome measure experience and Active interest in evidence based practice and research

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.

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS