Rotational Occupational Therapist - Band 5 QIA

Rotational Occupational Therapist - Band 5 QIA #1784

Please be advised that the start date for the successful candidate will be into the new financial year (April 2026 onwards). The exact timing will be confirmed at offer stage

Band 5 Occupational Therapist

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy team at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, part of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT). This is an excellent time to join ULHT, with significant investment in therapy services supporting the development of the Front Door. The successful post holder will be part of a rotational Band 5 programme, gaining a wide range of clinical experience across acute and community pathways.

Rotations are approximately 6 months in each speciality and include:
Medicine, Care of the Older Person, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Respiratory, Community / Outreach, Outpatients and Front Door.

You will work as part of a supportive 7-day therapy service, developing core Occupational Therapy skills while building confidence across diverse clinical settings. ULHT operates an integrated Therapy Service with a strong emphasis on rehabilitation, early intervention, and prevention of deconditioning. We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred therapy across the Emergency Department, inpatient wards, outpatient services, and community settings. Throughout your rotations, you will be fully supported by a large, experienced, and collaborative therapy team.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our well-established team of over 60 Integrated Therapy staff. You will provide high standard Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment interventions within an integrated therapy team. These rotational positions offer an important opportunity and challenging career move for you to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge. As a department we are committed to excellence and provide regular staff supervision and appraisal.

The department also supports occupational therapy students.

Our team is highly focussed on supporting your development and we work hard to ensure you will receive 1:1 supervision, regular training/peer reviews and access to advice and support.

All Occupational Therapist benefit from protected CPD time, as well as the opportunity to attend locally organised courses run by nationally accredited tutors.

The post-holder's base will be Pilgrim Hospital in Boston with an expectation to travel and work on at least one other site. The other site will most likely be Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

So what is in it for you?

Flexible working;Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns to allow for predictability

NHS Pension:A generous and flexible…