Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and versatile Occupational Therapist looking to start or progress your career within a supportive and dynamic team? Join us at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust - the largest NHS trust in the UK.

We are currently recruiting for Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join our established site-based rotation, offering excellent development opportunities across specialties including orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, older people's services, and the emergency therapy team.

Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomously provide high quality occupational therapy interventions to a wide variety of patients including the assessment and treatment of patients, provision of individual and group education and treatment sessions, provision of assistive devices (orthotics and prosthetics) and equipment and minor home adaptations in a wide variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient departments and the patients home. Working in a number of specialties across Barts Health NHS Trust including respiratory and critical care, acute admissions unit, neurosciences and stroke, trauma and orthopaedics, cancer services and hand therapy.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £36,943 to £44,900 a year per annum inc
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 259-8354343WXH
Job locations: Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, E11 1NR, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Completed degree in Occupational Therapy
• Essential: HCPC registered

Experience

• Essential: Completed varied clinical placements.
• Desirable: Experience of working within a multidisciplinary and/or occupational therapy team
• Desirable: Experience of working in diverse communities and/or social care and health settings

Knowledge

• Essential: Knowledge of a broad range of clinical conditions.
• Essential: Knowledge of OT in the acute setting.

Skills

• Essential: Ability to prioritise, organise and delegate
• Essential: Ability to communicate and present information, orally and in writing, in a clear and logical manner to patients and carers who may have difficulties understanding or comprehending.
• Essential: Understanding of the legal and ethical responsibilities of the profession
• Essential: Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and manage competing demands and interruptions.
• Essential: Ability to cope working in a range of treatment environments at a fast pace and with emotional and/or aggressive patients and carers
• Desirable: Competent IT skills
• Desirable: Presentation skills
• Desirable: Ability to assess and educate clients and carers about safe transfer techniques (including use of equipment and adaptations)

Other

• Essential: Motivated and passionate about the OT profession
• Essential: Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Essential: Reliable work record.
• Desirable: Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• Desirable: Understanding of and commitment to Royal College of Occupational Therapy and HPC guidelines, code of ethics and professional conduct.
• Desirable: Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety legislation and ability to integrate into clinical practice.

Employer contact details
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist: Brad Hodgekiss, bradley.hodgekiss@nhs.net, 02085395522

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. 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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.