Medicine; Static Senior Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapy - Inpatients (Band
6)

Grade:
Band 6

Contract:

9 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)

Hours:

Full time – 37.5 hours per week (includes some late working until 7pm and weekends on a roster basis).

Location:

Queens Hospital, Burton, Burton-on-Trent.

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum (yearly).

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist – either a Band 5 seeking progression or an experienced Band 6 – to join our forward-thinking Occupational Therapy Medicine Team.

You will work with patients presenting with a range of complex needs throughout their acute hospital stay, providing skilled assessment, treatment and interventions, and supporting the multidisciplinary team with specialist advice.

As a Band 6 therapist you will also support and develop Band 5 therapists, supervise therapy support staff, and educate therapy students on placement.

Expect to work in a 7‑day extended hours service and participate in quality improvement projects.

The role is a static post providing advanced Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for patients with complex and chronic conditions. You will:

• Deliver specialist skills to enable patients to maximise independence and quality of life in activities of daily living, personal care, domestic, leisure and productive activities.
• Work flexibly in a 7‑day service, providing Occupational Therapy services across the Trust.
• Travel to other sites and complete environmental/home visits as required (full clean driving licence required).
• Take part in 7‑day extended hours service.

• Degree or equivalent in OT
• HCPC registered
• Leadership course attended

• Demonstrated postgraduate experience in a hospital setting.
• Evidence of acute experience.
• Evidence of ongoing learning postgraduate/CPD.
• Formal postgraduate courses completed.
• APPLE accredited / evidence of student support.
• Evidence of working in community hospital setting.

• Effective communication.
• Peer support provision.
• Clear written communication.
• Safe manual handling skills.
• Team leadership.

• Evidence of ability to support a team.
• Evidence of working without direct supervision.

• Development opportunities, professional and leadership development.
• On‑going support from recruitment to onboarding and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services.

• We see on average 4 810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatient department in England – an average of 2 077 per week.
• An average of 1 115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33 700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Applications close on 8 July 2026.

Interview scheduled for 22 July 2026.