Bank Occupational Therapist

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 May 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy bank staff at Homerton Healthcare working in the vibrant and diverse borough of City and Hackney. The role is for acute therapy inpatients and will cover a wide range of conditions across the patient pathway. The post-holder will provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients in an acute NHS hospital, and you will be part of well-coordinated, specialist multi-professional teams working closely with nursing and therapy colleagues in multi-disciplinary teams participating in goal setting, rehabilitation, and discharge planning. The post holder must be an experience band 5 or 6, and have experience working in an acute NHS hospital.

Working pattern: ad hoc Monday to Friday only, no weekend work available

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist occupational therapy for a wide range of patients requiring assessment and complex discharge planning on the acute inpatient wards.
Undertake the specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and implementation of therapy interventions of clients with complex physical disabilities and/or cognitive deficits as an autonomous practitioner. This includes using analytical, clinical reasoning skills and appropriate outcome measures.
Provide specialist occupational therapy for a wide range of patients requiring rehabilitation.

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.

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£22.22 to £35.55 an hour p.a. inc.

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

293-BANK-0665-B

Job locations

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

Job description

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

oDegree / diploma in OT recognised by COT.
oHCPC registration.
oWorking as a band 6 or experience band 5 within the NHS

Skills / Abilities

Essential

oAbility to assess and implement appropriate range of treatments for clients with complex physical disabilities.
oAble to manage a clinical caseload and to prioritise as required
oSenior level of clinical skills
oSound IT skills, e.g. Word processing and e-mail

Experience

Essential

Sufficient graduate experience in general physical field of OT.
oExperience of working in a community setting.
oExperience of contributing to service development projects.

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

Essential

Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

oDegree / diploma in OT recognised by COT.
oHCPC registration.
oWorking as a band 6 or experience band 5 within the NHS

Skills / Abilities

Essential

oAbility to assess and implement appropriate range of treatments for clients with complex physical disabilities.
oAble to manage a clinical caseload and to prioritise as required
oSenior level of clinical skills
oSound IT skills, e.g. Word processing and e-mail

Experience

Essential

Sufficient graduate experience in general physical field of OT.
oExperience of working in a community setting.
oExperience of contributing to service development projects.

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

Essential

Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

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.