Band 6 Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 11 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | Gravesend, DA11 0DG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0279-25-1300 |
Summary
The ideal candidate will have / be: BSc, MSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy. A HCPC registration A member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical field Experience in different specialist areas as a junior Occupational Therapist within the NHS, or equivalent. Junior rotations eg Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Outpatients, Orthopaedics. Knowledge of a broad range of assessments and therapy interventions relevant to a caseload of adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties arising from stroke Up-to-date knowledge of research to inform evidence based practice Excellent understanding of relevant national guidelines around stroke care You will feel valued as a Band 6 Occupational Therapistwithin our newly developed Early Supported Discharge Service based on Sapphire Ward at Gravesham Community Hospital, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £35,392 - £42,618Band 6 Salarywith NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions 5%high cost area allowance Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location