The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Occupational Therapist - Elderly Team and Orthopaedics

The closing date is 20 August 2025

Job summary

We are looking for three Band 6 Occupational Therapists, wishing to take their next steps on the career ladder and looking for a new challenge. The individuals need to be proactive and enthusiastic and will be joining either the Elderly Medical Team or the Orthopaedic Team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. There is flexibility to this role depending on the successful candidates, it could be static within the orthopaedic or elderly team or can be rotational between the specialities.

The post holder will work as part of an integrated team as an autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard of intervention across the specialities.

Our integrated team is committed to providing highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within the elderly, frailty and orthopaedic settings. You will be required to work alongside your colleagues as an independent practitioner in applying a high level of clinical reasoning to ensure individualised, proactive and holistic assessment and treatment planning.

Main duties of the job

As a member of both the integrated rehabilitation service and the multidisciplinary teams on the wards, excellent skills in communication are essential.

As a Band 6 therapist you will be supporting and developing rotational Band 5 therapists. The role also involves supervising therapy support staff and educating therapy students on placement.

There will be opportunities for innovation and an expectation that you will be actively involved in relevant quality improvement projects to develop the team.

The integrated Rehabilitation Service aims to provide a progressive, forward thinking approach to patient care whilst able to support its staff in personal development and continued education and training.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.We love working here and think you will too.

Date posted

06 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

426-904-25TAM

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Rd

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this job role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this job role

Person Specification

Education qualifications

Essential

B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year)
HPCP registration
Hold a full UK driving licence

Experience

Essential

A minimum of 18 months of clinical experience as a Band 5 NHS occupational therapist.
Experience in a variety of clinical areas including frailty, acute medicine, orthopaedics and neurology

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

Good clinical reasoning skills
Very good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, cognitive and perceptual functions
Ability to use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
Committed to life-long learning and continued professional development through post graduate education
Ability to delegate workload
Organised approach to clinical and managerial work

Desirable

Computer skills using software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Ability to supervise under-graduate occupational therapists
Positive approach to data collection and audit

Person Specification

Education qualifications

Essential

B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year)
HPCP registration
Hold a full UK driving licence

Experience

Essential

A minimum of 18 months of clinical experience as a Band 5 NHS occupational therapist.
Experience in a variety of clinical areas including frailty, acute medicine, orthopaedics and neurology

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

Good clinical reasoning skills
Very good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, cognitive and perceptual functions
Ability to use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
Committed to life-long learning and continued professional development through post graduate education
Ability to delegate workload
Organised approach to clinical and managerial work

Desirable

Computer skills using software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Ability to supervise under-graduate occupational therapists
Positive approach to data collection and audit

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Rd

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET

Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Rd

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET

Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)