Job summary
Are you an experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist ready for your next step, or a Band 6 looking to develop your clinical and leadership skills?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Acute Medical Therapy Team at Homerton University Hospital.

Working across busy acute medical wards, you will manage a varied and complex caseload across specialties including respiratory and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, haematology and gastroenterology. You will deliver patient-centred assessment and rehabilitation, promote independence and support safe, timely discharge.

Working closely with physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dietitians and the wider MDT, you will develop your clinical reasoning, decision-making and skills in complex

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients requiring assessment, rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning on the acute inpatient wards.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner managing a complex caseload, using advanced clinical reasoning, risk assessment and decision-making skills.
• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy for a wide range of patients requiring rehabilitation.
• Act as an experienced clinician within the team, providing day to day clinical support, guidance and supervision to Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Students.
• Support the operational delivery of the service through contributing to prioritisation, patient flow and discharge planning, including deputising for the band 7 Occupational Therapist as appropriate.
• Contribute to the consistency, development and effective functioning of the acute medical occupational therapy service within a rotational workforce.
• The post holder will be working in a challenging socio-economic environment, involving patients who have highly complex social problems and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Details
Date posted: 03 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year p.a. inc.
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 293-EMRS1-0646

Person Specification
Trust Values

• Essential: Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values

Education and Qualifications

• Essential: Degree/Diploma Occupational Therapy
• Essential: HCPC registration
• Desirable: 18 months post graduate experience

Skills & Abilities

• Essential: Able to manage a clinical caseload independently
• Essential: Complex level of discharge planning and hospital flow management
• Essential: Range of assessment and Treatment skills
• Essential: Sound IT skills

Knowledge and Understanding

• Essential: Sound knowledge of the OT process
• Essential: Knowledge of a range of treatment options for different client groups.
• Desirable: Knowledge of outcome measures
• Desirable: Knowledge or experience of QI / Clinical audit

Experience

• Essential: Experience in a range of settings
• Essential: Supervision and appraisal experience
• Desirable: Experience of working in a diverse socio economic/multicultural society

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Acute medical and stroke HUH main site, Homerton Row, London, E9 6SR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead OT, Helen Coleman, Helen.Coleman14@nhs.net, 0208515042

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