Specialist Occupational Therapist, Medicine Rehabilitation

Specialist Occupational Therapist, Medicine Rehabilitation

The closing date is 18 March 2026.

Band 6 Occupational Therapist:
Medicine Rehabilitation

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Medicine Rehabilitation Wards at Rugby St Cross Hospital. This role offers an excellent opportunity to support patients to regain function, maximise independence, and achieve a safe and effective discharge home.

You will work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering high‑quality assessments and interventions for adults with a range of rehabilitation needs. Many of our patients present with frailty, deconditioning after acute illness, and complex discharge planning requirements.

• Completing comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments
• Developing person‑centred rehabilitation plans
• Contributing to service development and maintaining high clinical standards
• Support and Development
• The post holder will manage a caseload of patients with varying diagnosis and/or complex needs, using evidence‑based practice and client‑centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a defined clinical setting.
• The post holder will participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice and service development within the area.
• The post holder will ensure development of staff and students through supervision, training, and appraisal.
• To manage a caseload of patients with varying diagnosis and/or complex needs, using evidence‑based practice with client centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• To support the learning and development of students and staff
• To develop enhanced clinical skills and knowledge in an area of interest linked with patient cohorts (e.g. cognition, specific clinical condition, acute rehabilitation)
• To participate in 7‑day working patterns as required
• Be professional, legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work and activities, to manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload.
• Carry a clinical caseload of highly complex patients, provide advanced therapeutic assessment & evaluation, and provide detailed written treatment plans with patient centred goals working within ward / department areas.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner and member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programmes, taking on the role of care coordinator and/or vocational lead where relevant.
• Carry out treatment, using a broad variety of modalities and clinical reasoning to allow selection of the most appropriate technique evaluating, modifying, and recording all interventions and outcomes & adapting them to meet the needs of the patient.
• Use highly developed manual treatment skills requiring coordination, sensation & dexterity.
• Work in accordance with RCOT & HCPC rules of professional conduct and within local care pathways, policies and standards.
• Establish and maintain effective communication networks with patients, carers, MDT, other workers and agencies across health, social care and the private sector locally and regionally.
• Contribute to the Trust and Group clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards, clinical risks
• Take the lead for information management within area of responsibility to ensure high quality up to date written and electronic (where available) records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards & produce in a timely manner.

To support your transition into a Band 6 role, you will be supernumerary for your first two weeks, giving you time to:

• Meet the team
• Familiarise yourself with service processes and pathways
• Identify training and development needs

We are committed to ongoing professional development and will support you to develop both your clinical and leadership skills within an experienced and friendly team.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current…