Rotational Occupational Therapist

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 days working pattern - across site) Job ref 337-NP-9830SM Site Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospital Town London Salary £36,943 - £44,900 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 13/08/2026 23:59 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. * Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK * St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease * Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice * Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset. Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff. * H onesty * A ccountability * T eamwork These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision. LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Job overview As one of the UK’s largest and most passionate NHS Trusts, we can offer you more as a newly qualified rotational occupational therapist. We offer a great opportunity to grow your occupational therapy skills and career. More than 9,000 experts to learn from and exhilarating, varied acute and rehabilitation work that matters to more people. As a key part of our big, passionate team, you’ll find it all here. With close to 1m patients and award-winning services across North West London, we’re looking for a talented rotational occupational therapist to join us who’s wholehearted, not fainthearted. Main duties of the job Occupational Therapy at LNWUH NHS Trust is a therapeutic discipline that aims to provide person centred evidence based assessment and interventions that promote independence and quality of life following a period of illness, injury or disability. An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the rotational scheme within the Trust. This is your chance to thrive on variety and exposure as you rotate across various Trust hospitals (Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex) and disciplines every 5 months. It’s the ideal role for a Band 5 occupational therapist who wants to broaden their horizons, gain new skills and become a strong OT. The rotations available to you are: * Trauma and Orthopaedics(including introduction to Hand Therapy) * Medicine(Cardiology, Respiratory and Endocrinology) * Surgical and Vascular(including Amputee management) * Elderly Medicine * Neurology(Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and Community Early Supported Stroke Discharge Team) * Elective orthopaedics & Specialist Gastroenterological surgery * Acute Medical Units Working for our organisation London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. * Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK * St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease * Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice * Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification. Person specification qualifications * HCPC registered * RCOT Knowledge & Skills * Knowledge of acute medical conditions * Experience working within NHS * experience with acute inpatients The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment. Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview. Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates. As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve. Employer certification / accreditation badges 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. J-18808-Ljbffr