Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Rotational Occupational Therapist
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Rotational Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Main area: Occupational Therapy
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (To include late shifts and weekend working)
Job ref: 418-DTO9625-KA
Site: Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Town: Luton
Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/07/2026 23:59
Interview date: 14/08/2026
Job Overview
Looking for a great place to start your career and looking to embed your learning into practice? Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has fantastic rotations that will give you a broad range of learning opportunities and a chance to learn and develop your skills.
Our Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapy posts are a great opportunity to experience the acute hospital and outpatient settings to their full. You will work with a wide range of patients and multi-disciplinary team members; giving you a great opportunity to practice and enhance your OT skills across multiple specialties.
We have 6 month rotations across the following specialties: Acute and Emergency Medicine, Orthopaedics and Surgery, Neurology, Hand Therapy and Complex Medicine. Each rotation will give you an opportunity to work with a variety of highly skilled staff that will help you to develop your knowledge and clinical skills.
The acute setting is fast paced and requires quick and decisive decision making. Although this can be challenging we have great support structures and learning opportunities in place to support new staff to develop their skills.
Applicants who are awaiting HCPC registration can still apply.
Please note interviews will be in person for this role.
Main duties of the job
- To perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse and varied physical and psychological conditions, to determine a diagnosis and formulate and deliver an appropriate individualised treatment programme.
- To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a specific area or ward, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from a senior occupational therapist is available when required. Clinical work is regularly evaluated by a senior occupational therapist.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To supervise work experience students on observational placement, ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- To contribute and participate in evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice and improve
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Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT
- HCPC registration or student
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development maintained in a portfolio
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the British association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists (BAOT/COT)
Experience
Essential criteria
- To have a broad base of clinical experience obtained through practice education
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working within an acute hospital setting
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knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Developed working knowledge of a broad range of occupational therapy assessment and treatment techniques
Desirable criteria
- IT skills to include word processing and e-mail
It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 232.4KB)
- Person Specification (PDF, 136.4KB)
- Functional Aspect (PDF, 121.2KB)
- L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
- Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
- Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
- Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
- Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Nihar Shah
Job title: Therapy Service Manager
Email address: nihar.shah4@bedsft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01582 497 350
If you have problems applying, contact
Address:
Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
Telephone: 01582 497325
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