Acute / Community Rotation Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 22 September 2025
Job summary
Are you
- passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters.
- qualifying this year, just starting your career or looking for new learning opportunities
- ready for a new challenge
- thinking about return to practice
- driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations
- committed to making the NHS having a brighter futur
Do you want
- to learn in a fast-paced hospital setting
- to grow your leadership skills as well as your clinical skills
- work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience
- develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders.
We can offer:
- an acute and community rotation providing you with diverse experiences including Medicine, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Elderly Rehabilitation, A&E, Stroke, Hand Therapy, Community inpatient rehabilitation and Community based therapy (site dependent)
- excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues
- peer support
- a multi-professional preceptorship programm
To find about more about the additional things we can offer, come and meet us.
Main duties of the job
To provide excellent, high-quality person centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strive to provide a service fit for today and the future, develop personal leadership to support clinical growth. Every rotation (6 months) brings duties specific for that speciality and team.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Details
Date posted
16 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,602 to £39,686 a year per annum incl HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
151-NM168
Job locations
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
Employer's website
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