Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (Until 17 May 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-SA756
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate Occupational Therapist looking to develop your career in a world-renowned centre of excellence?
At The Royal Marsden, we are proud to offer a supportive, innovative, and professionally enriching environment for Occupational Therapists at all stages of their careers. Whether you're newly qualified or looking to take the next step, this is the place to grow, thrive, and make a real impact.
Why Join Us?
- Structured Preceptorship Programme
Our preceptorship pathway is designed to support Band 5 and 6 Occupational Therapists, helping you build confidence, consolidate clinical skills, and develop professionally from day one. - Dedicated Practice Educator
We’re proud to have a forward-thinking Practice Educator who not only supports student placements but also pioneers innovative models of training. This approach engages service leads as well as frontline staff—lightening the load on clinicians while improving the quality of our training delivery. - Generous CPD Support
We invest heavily in your development. You’ll benefit from: - Access to multiple CPD funding streams including charitable funds
- 10 days of protected study leave per year
- Opportunities to attend external courses, conferences, and specialist training
- Strong and Visible OT Leadership
Our robust Occupational Therapy leadership team is committed to supporting your career progression, wellbeing, and ongoing development. Your voice is heard, and your growth is championed.
Main duties of the job
The Band 6 Occupational Therapist is an active member of a team that provides a high quality, evidence based occupational therapy service for the patient with cancer.
As a skilled practitioner, the postholder is a source of knowledge and expertise for patients, relatives and colleagues of all disciplines.
With the support of the Band 7 Occupational Therapist, they will organise occupational therapy activities within a defined clinical area and will also liaise closely with all members of the multi-professional rehabilitation team in the provision of a specialist input to a variety of education programmes.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Come and join us—be part of something exceptional.
You will be joining a supportive and friendly team of qualified Occupational Therapists working in an acute setting to support needs of patients undergoing cancer treatment across all tumour groups. There is excellent internal and external CPD opportunities, generous support for study leave, parking onsite, and comprehensive staff benefits via Vivup.
We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role if you are interested in applying.
Please contact Lauren Blackburn on [email protected] or 0208 661 3090.
For more information please refer to the job description and personal specification.
Working autonomously in ward and outpatient settings to provide complex clinical assessment of the biomechanical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, perceptual and interpersonal deficits affecting the functioning of individuals with cancer, their families and carers through the use of advanced clinical reasoning.
Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patient’s needs based on activity analysis using a client-centred, problem solving approach.
Developing and implementing treatment and educational groups for people with cancer and their carers such as Health & Well Being groups.
Assessing and prescribing the complex wheelchair and specialist seating needs for example paralysis, dystonia, major surgery, extreme fatigue, pressure relief of patients with cancer.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy recognised by UK College of Occupational Therapists.
- State Registration with Health Care Professions Council for Occupational Therapy.
- At least one year’s experience in general physical field.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of experience of dealing with oncology patients and their families / carers.
- Evidence of experience in clinical supervision and appraisal.
- Evidence of experience of principles and practice in audit, outcomes measurement and clinical governance.
- Accredited wheelchair course.
- Accredited splinting and hand therapy course
- Membership of British Association of Occupational Therapists.
- Membership of OPC (Occupational Therapists specialist section in Oncology and Palliative Care)
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of functional assessment and treatment techniques for oncology and palliative care patients, including physical, cognitive, psychosocial functional assessments and treatment, as well as specific symptom and lifestyle management techniques (e.g. relaxation, anxiety, breathlessness and fatigue management)
- Ability to carry out risk assessments concerning patients and staff safety, including Manual Handling.
- Ability to assess risks associated with lone working, take responsibility for reporting to colleagues and ensuring self and patient are safe at all times
- Ability to assess potential risks with regard to patients’ discharge from hospital.
- Developed clinical reasoning as well as analytical and creative problems solving skills.
- Ability to produce professional reports and records including POMRs, multiprofessional care plans, letters, assessments for hospital and external agencies.
- Ability to work as part of a supportive team.
- Ability to work in a highly motivated, self directed manner on clinical and departmental activities.
- Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.
- Ability to fulfill supervisory role for undergraduate students.
- Ability to teach both patients and carers in areas relating to rehabilitation.
- Proven ability to prepare and deliver presentations and education sessions to health care colleagues and members of public
- Ability to enter data, prepare reports, formal written documentation and multi-media presentations.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren Blackburn
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support Team
- Telephone
- 01629 690825
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