Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-6949527-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bury RUral Community Health Team
- Town
- stanton
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, knowledge and leadership across a range of settings including acute and community stroke teams, orthopaedics, community health teams, critical care, community assessment inpatient beds, home base virtual ward, hand therapy and community care home beds.
Main duties of the job
This role provides the opportunity to develop a range of clinical, managerial and leadership skills and knowledge within a variety of friendly and forward-thinking teams. We are very keen to develop our staff through the provision of training and development opportunities, and strongly advocate the engagement of therapists with the continuous development of our service. This post is suitable for a band 5 who is looking for career progression, or a current band 6 looking for a post that provides further development across different specialities.
If you have any queries or would like to visit then please contact Trina Odebrecht 07895332859
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description for more information
Clinical and Professional
1.1 To undertake all professional duties as a senior occupational therapist maintaining high professional standards, complying at all times with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and the College of Occupational Therapists, Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
1.2 To participate in the senior occupational therapist rotation scheme, acquiring specialist knowledge in a range of assessments and interventions relating to each speciality. This will involve managing a caseload of patients that require a range of complex assessments and interventions.
1.3 To participate in rotations including 7 day working if required, extended weekday working hours and weekend working rotas depending upon the allocated rotation.
1.4 To assess and treat patients with disabilities and complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning.
1.5 To undertake appropriate assessment programmes to determine patient needs and prioritise patients treated according to need.
1.6 To consider all the elements and select the appropriate course of action, to achieve the best possible outcome by processing a range of information with each individual patient, who may have complex physical, cognitive and mental health needs.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current HCPC registration
- • Degree in Occupational Therapy
- • Up to date manual handling training for the lifting and maneuvering of clients and equipment during treatment sessions
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Completed clinical placements as a student
- • Documented evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical placement in a community setting
- • Post registration experience in a clinical setting
- • Advice and support to students and support staff.
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Able to demonstrate the ability to work at relevant level
- • Demonstrate good IT and standard keyboard skills.
- • Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- • Practice good interpersonal skills
- • Good observational and reporting skills
- • Able to plan and provide appropriate levels of clinical intervention
- • Ability to work within a team setting.
- • Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities.
- • Ability to reflect on own performance.
- • Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
- • Knowledge of manual handling legislation and risk assessment.
- • Basic knowledge of specialist equipment.
- • Able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms
- • Must hold full and valid driving license and have access to a vehicle or a viable alternative
Desirable criteria
- • Training and facilitation skills.
- • Supervisory skills.
- • Able to support other staff to review and reflect on their practice and develop a PDP
- • Knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA and risk assessment and management. Evidence of working at a relevant level
- • Knowledge of working within the NHS
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Commitment to person-centered, non-discriminatory practice.
- • Positive approach to change.
- • Ability to work in domestic environments with low levels of hygiene and potential exposure to fleas, lice and body fluids.
- • An understanding of hazards associated with lone working in the community.
- • Occupational Health clearance to carry out duties of role
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
- trina odebrecht
- Job title
- Team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07895332859
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