Specialist Occupational Therapist - General Surgery & Orthopaedics

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a highly specialised Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the surgical and orthopaedic therapy team. The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload, oversee junior staff, and support service improvement initiatives. Requirements include relevant experience in orthopaedics, state registration, and advanced assessment skills. This is a fixed-term role until January 2027.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in therapy profession.
• Significant clinical experience in relevant area.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced assessments of patients.
• Make therapeutic and clinical diagnoses.
• Supervise junior staff and support workers.

Skills

Advanced assessment skills

Therapeutic diagnosis

Team leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

State registration with Health Professions Council

Clinical Educators course

Job description

Specialist Occupational Therapist - General Surgery & Orthopaedics

We are looking to recruit an innovative and enthusiastic occupational therapist to join the surgical and orthopaedic therapy team, comprising qualified and assistant therapy staff within the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

We require a highly specialised Band 7 Occupational Therapist, with previous experience working in the areas of orthopaedics, plastics and general surgery, providing intervention to patients experiencing a wide range of conditions, whose needs are often challenging and complex.

The post holder will carry a varied caseload of elective orthopaedic and surgical patients, including patients having undergone surgical management of oncological diagnoses under Plastics, Urology, ENT and General Surgery at Charing Cross Hospital.

The successful applicant will also be responsible for managing inpatient referrals, and overseeing the day to day work load, supervision and appraisal of junior staff. They will also work closely supporting the service lead in improving efficiencies and developing services.

This post is currently based mainly at Charing Cross Hospital but the post-holder may be required to cover the trauma and surgery wards at St Mary's Hospital as service needs dictate. This post is fixed term until January 2027.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for performing advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex medical, physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised management/treatment programme.
• Following assessment the post holder will be responsible for making therapeutic and/or clinical diagnoses and treating their own caseload of specialised and complex patients/clients and maintaining associated records.
• The post holder may lead a team and be responsible for providing an advanced standard of care to patients at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, which covers a multi-cultural and diverse population.
• The post holder will supervise the work of other more junior staff and support workers.
• The post holder may be rotational and will be expected to work across all sites of the ICHNT.
• The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in contributing to the planning, coordination, development and evaluation of the service. Together with other senior staff, you will act as a resource of specialist advice to the rest of the therapy service and other professions.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

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. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in (therapy profession)
• State registration with the Health Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent
• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Management skills or leadership training

Experience

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
• Experience of service development/change management
• Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
• Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
• Leadership of a therapy team
• Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

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.