Rotational Occupational Therapist

Go back Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team at Harrogate District Hospital.

We are looking for newly qualified or experienced Occupational Therapists to join our band 5 rotation. The services offers lots of opportunities to become involved in project work and new initiatives.

The rotation covers the following areas:

• Stroke
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Acute- with the opportunity to work within critical care, surgery, cardiology and respiratory services.
• Acute Frailty with the opportunity to work within community rehabilitation and acute services.

Regular peer support, preceptorship programmes, supervision and CPD are offered, along with opportunities for external training.

• 1. To work as part of the Occupational Therapy and Multidisciplinary Team working with patients, carers relatives and colleagues to plan, develop and implement appropriate rehabilitation and discharge plans.
• 2. To work as part of the Occupational Therapy and Multidisciplinary Team in providing and contributing to the development of the service to patients.
• 3. To be responsible for an agreed caseload under the supervision of senior Occupational Therapy staff or team leader.
• 4. To undertake Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and functional deficits.
• 5. To work with clients, relatives and carers to identify OT goals as part of an overall care plan.
• 6. To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions in collaboration with the client.
• 7. To advise on and prescribe specialist assistive equipment and adaptations for the home and work place.
• 8. To work with clients, carers, relatives and colleagues to plan and implement appropriate rehabilitation and discharge plans.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

Our rotation includes the following opportunities:

• Stroke services- acute and rehabilitation
• Trauma and orthopaedics
• Acute services, specialising in critical care, surgical, cardiology and respiratory.
• Frailty services, including emergency department, community rehabilitation, fast response and virtual wards.

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service

Please see job description and person specification for further details of role. If you have any questions, please contact Emma Havercroft on  or

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Experience in the application of the OT process
• Experience in functional assessments and activity analysis.
• General experience of a range of conditions in physical health.
• Experience of discharge planning/Home Assessment visits/Community working.
• Experience in the application of cognitive assessment
• Commitment to further learning
• Experience of moving and handling
• Membership of RCOT

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata