Senior Occupational Therapist - Rotational

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 26 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the inpatient Medical Team at Ipswich Hospital to cover a maternity leave post. We are looking for a colleague who is confident, professional and with the clinical skills required to manage a diverse, complex caseload within a dynamic environment, providing a high standard of Occupational Therapy in the acute setting.

You will need to be able to demonstrate supervisory and leadership skills to support junior members of staff and students.

Opportunities to work across multiple areas which include:
Cardiac, Respiratory, Renal, Oncology, General Medical wards.

This position can also be considered for those wishing to develop their skills from Band 5 to Band 6 level - NHS Preceptorship must be completed.

If you have any questions or queries about the role, please call and we will be happy to discuss these with you.

Deliver a high standard OT service in designated clinical areas.

Manage a defined complex caseload under the management of the Team Leader, using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan and evaluate OT interventions, ensuring compliance with HCPC, RCOT, CQC and Trust clinical and quality standards.

To ensure as far as is reasonably practical the safety of the patients in your care.

To supervise and assist in the development of junior OTs, non-qualified staff and students on placement.

To undertake audit of both clinical practice and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

To be flexible in working in a 7 day service with extended hours in specific settings.

Participation in Band 6 OT rotation.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

• BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
• Wheelchair assessor course.

• Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
• Comprehensive range of complex caseload management.
• Experience of facilitating discharges from the acute setting and/or managing a caseload of patients within the community setting.
• Experience of moving and handling skills including hoisting.
• Experience of supervision and professional/clinical development of staff.
• Experience of working with therapy assistants/Health care assistants
• In-service training and reflective learning.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Prioritisation of workload.
• Participation in project Leadership.
• Participation in audits.

• Knowledge of and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to acute and community care.
• Knowledge and application of OT models of practice.
• Knowledge and adherence to infection control principles and guidelines.
• Knowledge of Discharge to Assess Guidance and discharge pathways and approaches to discharge planning/therapy interventions
• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation and current best practice with in clinical/care settings (i.e. NICE guidelines).
• Knowledge and application of principles of clinical governance processes.
• Knowledge of secondary prevention measure re:
  Clinical Frailty, Falls prevention.
• Knowledge of local community agencies, services and resources.

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