Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-8222361-A
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- Hampstead
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist - Emergency Dept
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our unique and vibrant therapy team at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist with an extensive range of clinical and leadership skills to work across our emergency department, adult and medical assessment units.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and operational management to the team and manage a clinical caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to facilitate early discharge, to promote independence and improve patient health outcomes. The post holder will promote the Homefirst mindset with a passion for admission avoidance and will utilise rapid response and discharge to assess pathways to ensure that patients leave hospital in a safe and timely way and that there is safe and effective patient flow. The role will require you to work on a 7 day working roster with extended hours (inclusive of bank holidays).
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
Person specification
Royal Free shared commitments
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree in Occupational Therapy or Diploma or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Evidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development in specialist clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of study or intention to study at masters level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial postgraduate experience at a Band 6 level, predominately working with patients with frailty, physical and cognitive disabilities
- Experience of working with elderly patients
- Experience and ability of working in an acute setting
Desirable criteria
- Membership of specialist interest group
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Experience and ability of working within the emergency department and acute medicine
- Experience of teaching and supervising less experienced staff
- Experience of teaching and supervising students
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
- Motivational Interviewing/Behaviour Change training
- Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
- Experience of leading a team
- Experience of clinical audit and/or research
- Experience of teaching to unidisciplinary/multidisciplinary groups
- Evidence of active involvement in service development & contribution to change within the workplace
- Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning and management of complex cases
- Evidence of a clear understanding of the role of OT within emergency and acute medicine
- Able to display transdisciplinary working competencies across OT and Physiotherapy
- Ability to participate in weekend, bank-holiday and extended hours rota
- Ability to manage acute traumatic/non traumatic spinal injuries
- Ability to identify deteriorating patient
- Understanding of service development and evaluation
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and time management
- Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Commitment to best practice and national standards
- Knowledge of quality assurance and audit programmes
Personal qualities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Highly effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness in a range of situations
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
- Ability to negotiate at a variety of levels
- A flexible approach
- Self-direction in thought and practice
- Knowledge of research and development process
- Evidence of CPD
- Ability to lead a team
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
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
- Lindsay Sanders
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Are you looking for an innovative role in a multidisciplinary team? This fantastic opportunity awaits a dynamic, motivated Occupational Therapist looking to develop clinical, operational and leadership skills. If you want to learn more, please contact Lindsay Sanders - Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist [email protected]
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