Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Therapies

Birmingham
£31,049-37,796 per year
Permanent
Full-time

8 days ago

CALLING ALL ENTHUSIASTIC & MOTIVATED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS! University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) arerecruiting to our established Band 5 rotation across Heartlands, Good Hope, & Solihull Hospitals including SolihullCommunity Services. UHB NHS Trust is based in the vibrant city of Birmingham.Opportunities are available for positions based across all sites providing intervention to adults across a variety ofclinical areas, such as: Stroke & Neurology, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Health Care for older People, Medicals, OPAL,Respiratory, Specialist Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Renal, Solihull Community. Providing a variety of clinicalexperience to consolidate and develop your skills supporting successful career progression within the Trust.Are you an established Band 5 wishing to experience different clinical fields or in the final year of your degree? Youwill be joining a large and supportive therapy team, with robust supervision and appraisal systems, excellent trainingand development opportunities, such as Band 5-6 development posts with broader specialist clinical areas included,such as: Macmillan, Paediatrics, plus more. Coupled with the opportunity to work alongside highly specialistcolleagues and integrate into a variety of specialist multidisciplinary teams.The Trust provides a preceptorship programme for new graduates. Successful candidates will be required toparticipate in 7 day working rotas.Main duties of the jobCLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:1 Caseload Management

To be responsible for managing his/her own caseload with clinical supervision from senior Occupational

Therapists

Use this support to reflect and learn from practice

2 OT Role

To demonstrate confidence in the O.T. role within the Multi professional team

To recognise the role of other members of the multi professional team, to have knowledge of and use the

resources of each service in the team appropriately

To demonstrate the application of the OT process to patient care

Recognise when it may be necessary to carry out Access, Home and follow up visits, with guidance from a senior

colleague

Carry out straightforward home, access and follow up visits in discussion with senior colleagues, once confidence

and the necessary skills are acquired over time.3 OT intervention

To identify all patients requiring OT intervention and prioritise them accordingly to the OT guidelines , with

support of senior colleagues

Carry out all necessary assessments of the patient's needs in self-care, productivity & leisure

To establish plans of intervention and carry them out according to OT standards; adjusting as necessary

To organise discharge plans for patients with guidance from senior colleagues

To learn and understand about options for patient care in relation to the clinical area

For information contact Craig Colton or Luke holland, Clinical Team Leader 0121 424 7798 email Craig.colton@uhb.nhs.uk, Luke.holland@uhb.nhs.ukAbout usUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.DetailsDate posted26 August 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 5Salary£31,049 to £37,796 a yearContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-timeReference number304-9009857Job locationsTrustwideMindelsohn WayBirminghamWest MidlandsB15 2THJob descriptionJob responsibilities*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* Job descriptionJob responsibilities*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

*DIP RCOT/Degree in Occupational Therapy
*HCPC membership*

ExperienceEssential

*Student placement in an area with transferrable skills
*Knowledge of an Acute Hospital Setting

Desirable

*Other relevant student/workplace experience.
*Experience of interdisciplinary working

Additional CriteriaEssential

*Knowledge of principles of Clinical Governance.
*Understanding of team work
*Good Time management and ability to organise own workload
*Able to seek and use support appropriately
*Aware of own limitations
*Ability to use own initiative and seek guidance with more complex issues
*Ability to participate in weekend working

Desirable

*Ability to prioritise own caseload
*Refined time management skills
*Ability to drive

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

*DIP RCOT/Degree in Occupational Therapy
*HCPC membership*

ExperienceEssential

*Student placement in an area with transferrable skills
*Knowledge of an Acute Hospital Setting

Desirable

*Other relevant student/workplace experience.
*Experience of interdisciplinary working

Additional CriteriaEssential

*Knowledge of principles of Clinical Governance.
*Understanding of team work
*Good Time management and ability to organise own workload
*Able to seek and use support appropriately
*Aware of own limitations
*Ability to use own initiative and seek guidance with more complex issues
*Ability to participate in weekend working

Desirable

*Ability to prioritise own caseload
*Refined time management skills
*Ability to drive

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