Occupational Therapist | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL4 0JR |
| Company: | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7532444/241-86CS-26 |
Summary
Are you a Newly qualified Occupational Therapist? Bolton NHS Foundation Trust would like to get your new career off to the best start in our high-performing, friendly and supportive Trust. Here at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust we have a great role waiting for you.
If you have a passion for delivering outstanding care and making a positive difference to the lives of the people in your care, then we want to hear from you!
This is an opportunity to join the team within Occupational Therapy rotation.
The rotations are 6 monthly, rotating through hospital and community services which currently cover: Orthopaedics, Home First, Inpatient Therapies, Surgery, Stroke, Social Services (Independent Living Services), Community Therapy, Palliative Care and Intermediate Care bed based, Paediatric Services and Learning Disabilities
You will be required to have excellent clinical reasoning and problem skills with an ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches relevant to specialist area you are on rotation. You will work within effective multidisciplinary teams.
Have a key Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt your communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff
You will be an effective team player, inspirational, flexible, adaptable, enthusiastic and fully committed to the development of patient focused, clinically effective and efficient services.
Successful candidates will participate in and be supported through a well-established preceptorship programme, you will receive regular supervision and appraisals, in service training and peer support forum, in addition to the opportunity to develop and consolidate your clinical skills.
You will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and its users, which may include weekends, late and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is known for being a friendly and supportive place to work; a large part of this is due to the teams that work here. As a newly qualified practitioner, you can be assured that you will be supported and developed in your role.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.
It is essential you are a driver, with access to a vehicle insured for business use, subject to the conditions of the DDA.
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Feb 2026
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