Static Occupational Therapist

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5/6 Occupational Therapist to join the Acute Medical Therapy Team. You will manage a varied caseload across acute wards, delivering patient-centered assessment, rehabilitation, and safe discharge planning.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team and develop clinical reasoning, leadership, and supervision skills in a high-demand hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Eligible to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the UK with HCPC registration.
• Ability to manage a clinical caseload independently and safely.
• Experience with discharge planning and hospital flow management.
• Good IT skills and ability to use relevant clinical systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy on acute inpatient wards.
• Work autonomously handling a complex caseload with clinical reasoning.
• Deliver rehabilitation and promote patient independence on discharge.
• Supervise and support Band 5 OT staff, Assistants and Students.
• Assist with prioritisation, patient flow and discharge planning, deputising when needed.
• Contribute to consistency and development of the acute medical OT service.

Skills

Independent caseload

Discharge planning

Assessment skills

IT skills

Education

Degree/Diploma Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Static Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 22 November 2026

Are you an experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist ready for your next step, or a Band 6 looking to develop your clinical and leadership skills? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Acute Medical Therapy Team at Homerton University Hospital. Working across busy acute medical wards, you will manage a varied and complex caseload across specialties including respiratory and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, haematology and gastroenterology. You will deliver patient-centred assessment and rehabilitation, promote independence and support safe, timely discharge. Working closely with physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dietitians and the wider MDT, you will develop your clinical reasoning, decision-making and skills in complex

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients requiring assessment, rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning on the acute inpatient wards.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner managing a complex caseload, using advanced clinical reasoning, risk assessment and decision-making skills.
• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients requiring rehabilitation.
• Act as an experienced clinician within the team, providing day to day clinical support, guidance and supervision to Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Students.
• Support the operational delivery of the service through contributing to prioritisation, patient flow and discharge planning, including deputising for the band 7 Occupational Therapist as appropriate.
• Contribute to the consistency, development and effective functioning of the acute medical occupational therapy service within a rotational workforce.
• The post holder will be working in a challenging socio-economic environment, involving patients who have highly complex social problems and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

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 documents please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Trust Values

• Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values

Education and Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Skills & Abilities

• Able to manage a clinical caseload independently
• Complex level of discharge planning and hospital flow management
• Range of assessment and Treatment skills
• Sound IT skills

Knowledge and Understanding

• Sound knowledge of the OT process
• Knowledge of a range of treatment options for different client groups.
• Knowledge of outcome measures
• Knowledge or experience of QI / Clinical audit

Experience

• Experience in a range of settings
• Supervision and appraisal experience
• experience of working in a diverse socio economic/multicultural society

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust