Reablement Occupational Therapist - Band 5
The closing date is 15 February 2026
Job summary
Occupational Therapist - Band 5
Location - St Martins Hospital, Bath
Full time 37.5 Hours
Join our dynamic Reablement Service and play a pivotal role in helping people regain independence, confidence, and control over their daily lives. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to deliver short-term, goal-focused reablement interventions in individuals homes and within residential or nursing settings.
In this rewarding role, you will use your clinical expertise to assess functional ability, develop personalised rehabilitation plans, and work collaboratively with service users to help them achieve meaningful goals. You'll make a real difference by empowering people to live as independently as possible following illness, injury, or a decline in function.
Main duties of the job
Carry out comprehensive functional assessments in homes, residential, or nursing environments
Develop personalised care and rehabilitation plans in collaboration with service users
Use occupational therapy interventions to maximise independence in daily living activities
Encourage individuals to take an active role in their own rehabilitation and informed decision-making
Support safe hospital discharge and help prevent avoidable hospital admissions
Monitor progress, review goals, and adapt interventions accordingly
Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to stabilise care plans and identify long-term support needs
About us
As a Occupational Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our Bath Reablement Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Details
Date posted
03 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£35,763 to £43,466 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/42452/18276
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Bath
Avon
BA2 5RP
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Bath
Avon
BA2 5RP
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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