Rotational Occupational Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,763 - £43,466 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, E11 1NR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7571489/259-7571489WXH |
Summary
Are you passionate about making a positive difference to peoples’ lives? Are you recently qualified or an experienced Band 5 looking for change? We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, and versatile team players to join ourBand 5 Occupational Therapyrotations.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to take part in 6 month rotations in the following specialties across various hospital sites within the Trust, including the Royal London Hospital (major trauma centre), Whipps Cross University Hospital, Newham University Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital (specialist tertiary centre):
The rotations on offer include: Medicine, Respiratory, Oncology, Stroke, Neurosurgery, Older People Services, Trauma, Orthopedics, Surgery, Vascular & Amputees, Cardio-Respiratory, Accident & Emergency.
You will be working in well-established and supportive therapy teams who offer structured supervision and appraisals in an inclusive and welcoming environment. We have a strong focus on teaching and professional development, including protected CPD time and a Band 5 OT foundation training programme offered across all sites.
The Occupational Therapy Service at Bart’s aims to embody the trust’s WeCare values of "Welcoming, Engaging, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful and Equitable" and welcomes applications from people who share these values.
To work as an autonomously provide high quality occupational therapy interventions to awide variety of patients including the assessment and treatment of patients, provision ofindividual 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 andorthopaedics, cancer services and hand therapy.
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.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025