Rotational Occupational Therapist, Band 6

Job summary
Would you like to be part of a supportive OT Team with a family feel. We are recruiting motivated Occupational Therapists to our general Band 6 rotation at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust. Applications are welcome from experienced Band 5's or those looking for a developing role that allows you to progress to a Band 6 role within 4-6 months, once competencies are achieved. NHS experience is desirable, but applications with similar experience will be considered. The rotations are 6 months in length and include:

Cardiology and respiratory
Surgery
Emergency services and admission avoidance (Home first)
Medicine and Care of the Elderly
Orthopaedics
Hyper Acute and Acute Stroke
Early Supported Discharge for Stroke

The rotations will offer you the opportunity to work within different settings and with varied MDT professionals allowing you to refine your clinical skills and development of self, and focus more on developing others and your own specialist skills.

There is an established formal supervision and appraisal process as well as robust in-house training within each team.

There is multiple opportunities to support OT apprentices and supervise students from all levels.

The therapies department embraces development of our own staff to progress their career within the department.

ASPH offers a seven-day service across some teams and you will be expected to participate in seven day working as per service requirements. Flexible working requests will be considered.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a specialist inpatient caseload using clinical skills and reasoning
• Support junior staff with caseload management and prioritisation on other wards
• Complete patient assessments in a ward setting, formulate problem lists and provide appropriate therapy input and discharge planning to facilitate a safe discharge
• Contribute to board rounds, putting patient care and the patient experience first.
• Communicate with fellow therapists and other MDT members such as nurses, consultants, specialists and support junior staff with decision making
• Complete cognitive screens and assessments as well as self care and ADL assessments
• Treatment and management of patients requiring post-operative protocols and ensuring that risks are minimised for discharge
• Actively participate in yours and others' regular supervision and service development, and take personal responsibility in your professional development and professional registration requirements
• Use initiative, communicate with empathy and be an effective team player.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and deputise for the team leads whenever necessary
• Participate in the development of occupational therapists, support staff, apprenctices and students within clinical speciality through training, competencies and supervision
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team teaching
• To participate in specific 7 day working rotas, dependent on the team/area

About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Details
Date posted: 10 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 a year
per annum inc. HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time,
Flexible working
Reference number: 323-AHP2682-ED
Job locations: St Peter's Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
KT16 0PZ
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached JDPS for a full list of duties and responsibilities associated with this role.

Clinical or technical

• To be able to carry out comprehensive assessments and treatment plans for patients including those with complex presentations/ multipathologies.
• To support junior therapists, apprenctices, assistants and students with their caseload as required.
• To keep up to date with developments, analysing current research and discussing and implementing changes to your clinical practice.
• To attend relevant training in order to maintain competencies

Leadership or managerial

• To be responsible for and actively record your own personal development.
• To participate in the appraisal as appraisee and appraiser.
• To supervise junior therapists, students and assistants
• To be a mentor/preceptor for junior staff

Information and reporting

• To participate in clinical audit and the evaluation of clinical effectiveness
• To undertake and present relevant evidence based projects.

Service improvement

• To make recommendations when appropriate to changes in practice leading to improvement in the service.

Communications and Engagement

• To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patients care, both those from within the organisation and those outside to ensure efficient multidisciplinary working
• To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patient in order to progress treatment programmes.
• To maintain accurate records in line with professional body (Royal College of Occupational Therapy), Trust and service standards and policies.

General responsibilities

• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Experience
Essential

• Post graduate training and experience working in relevant clinical areas
• Experience of managing staff and students
• Teaching of patients, carers, peers and other health and social care staff

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Communication skills including conflict management and dealing with challenging situations
• Experience managing caseload, non-clinical time and ability to delegate to others
• Carry out a wide range of assessment and treatment interventions for complex clinical presentations

Desirable

• Teaching Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Peter's Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
KT16 0PZ
United Kingdom
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Therapy Manager
Kelly Stevenson
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