Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 176-F-7933622-A
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist - Peterborough
Band 6
Job overview
Are you enthusiastic and motivated? Do you relish a challenge? This exciting role could be for you.
As a Front of House team, we are looking for part-time (25.5 hours per week) Specialist Occupational Therapist or experienced Band 5 seeking a development post to join us across Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke Hospital within our Emergency Department, Medical Admissions Unit and Short Stay Wards.
This role uses excellent communication and teamwork to support patients in returning to their home and preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital wherever possible.
We are invested in enhancing your specialist clinical knowledge and developing your managerial and leadership skills, offering;
· Peer & senior support
· Supervision
· Protected non-clinical time
· CPD opportunities
· Student education
· Appraisals
· Cross site meetings
If you would like further information, please contact Vicki Christie, Team Leader on [email protected]
Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively.
Main duties of the job
- To enable Occupational Therapy to provide Therapy Skills within the inpatient service
- To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards
- To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency Teams
- To participate in delegated projects for service development with the team
- To act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have a complex presentation
- To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole inpatient team
- To undertake weekend working as required within service developments
- To be available to provide Clinical Supervision
- This role entails 80% Clinical Contact and 20% Operational Management as appropriate within team requirements
- To guide Band 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of therapeutic care plans
Working for our organisation
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more details regarding this role
Person specification
Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Current HCPC Registration
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- RCOT member
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed a variety of band 5 rotations; for PT in respiratory, musculoskeletal and neurology and OT in general medicine/ medicine for older people, orthopaedics and neurology
- Acute physical hospital experience
- Have completed preceptorship programme
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising pre-graduate students and/or support workers
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical knowledge in clinical conditions associated with specialist area/sound level in theoretical knowledge of in-patient areas
- Sound knowledge of the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in use of basic IT systems (Microsoft packages) & data recording
Desirable criteria
- Awareness and understanding of community services and D2A pathway
Key Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to work as a team member and independently
- Good Clinical Reasoning skills
- Ability to present information in logical concise manner
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own time and pressure
- Ability to demonstrate personal and clinical effectiveness to achieve optimum patient care
- Strong belief in CPD and Reflective Practice
Other
Essential criteria
- Independently mobile to access all work sites within job role
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
- Professional appearance & behaviour
- Good previous attendance record
Other
Desirable criteria
- Value added contribution to the team – may take on additional roles e.g. Health & Safety representative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vicki Christie
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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