Bank Occupational Therapist | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chelsea / Sutton, SW3 6JJ |
| Company: | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7257755/282-BankOT |
Summary
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a leading Cancer Hospital in London, and the Occupational Therapy Department is recruiting for flexible, motivated and proactive Bank Band 5 and 6 Occupational Therapists across both our hospitals.
There is a variety of vacancies for adults, paediatrics, inpatients and outpatients, across our Sutton and Chelsea hospitals. Shifts may be offered on an ad hoc basis, or for a continued period of time.
You will be joining a supportive and friendly team of qualified Occupational Therapists working in an acute setting to support discharge planning, and recommend equipment and package of care for patients undergoing cancer treatment across all tumour groups.
We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role if you are interested in applying. We welcome applications from therapists with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Please contact Lauren Blackburn onlauren.blackburn@rmh.nhs.ukor 0208 661 3090.
Working autonomously in ward and outpatient settings to provide clinical assessment of the biomechanical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, perceptual and interpersonal deficits affecting the functioning of individuals with cancer, their families and carers through the use of advanced clinical reasoning.
Taking a key role in organising and facilitating discharge planning.
Liaising with multi professional team within the hospital and community, to achieve optimum rehabilitation outcomes and planned coordinated packages of support across health and social care.
Teaching patients specialised strategies aimed towards the management of symptoms related to cancer e.g. relaxation and anxiety management, breathlessness and fatigue management.
Carrying out complex functional and risk assessments required to provide appropriate equipment and to teach patients, carers and staff safe and correct use to maximise safety and independence within the hospital and home environments.
Assessing environmental risks and prescription of equipment and adaptations in the patient’s home. This may involve lone working.
Undertaking risk assessment of manual handling issues related to patient’s rehabilitation, complying with the Trust’s Manual Handling Policy.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
• Working autonomously in ward and outpatient settings to provide complex clinical assessment of the biomechanical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, perceptual and interpersonal deficits affecting the functioning of individuals with cancer, their families and carers through the use of advanced clinical reasoning
• Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patient’s needs based on activity analysis using a client-centred, problem solving approach.
• Developing and implementing treatment and educational groups for people with cancer and their carers such as Health & Well Being groups.
• Assessing and prescribing the complex wheelchair and specialist seating needs for example paralysis, dystonia, major surgery, extreme fatigue, pressure relief of patients with cancer.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025
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