Occupational Therapist; Rotational

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The closing date is 06 October 2026

Weare looking to recruit existing or new graduate Band 5 Occupational Therapist onto our physical specialities rotation at South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust. This is a great opportunity to develop clinical skills and develop knowledge of a wide range of conditions within several different teams between Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside Hospital and Recovery  rotation covers the following specialities:

South Tyneside Hospital:
Acute medicine, Orthopaedics and Surgery, Care of the Elderly.

Sunderland Royal Hospital:
Medicine and Surgery, Care of The Elderly, Acute Stroke and Neurology, Interface Team, Trauma and Orthopaedics.

South Tyneside Recovery at Home Therapy Team (Community).

Sunderland Recovery at Home Therapy Team (Community).

Ourteams are large, friendly and supportive and supervision will be provided by asenior therapist. We have an established Band 5 support group who plan theirown CPD activities and provide peer support, and a 12-month preceptorshipprogramme to support development of essential skills and knowledge. There is awide scope for ongoing personal and professional development.

Pre-Application/interview queries and visits are welcome.

Our physical specialities rotation provides the opportunity to experience therapy intervention with patients throughout the whole acute patient journey. Our well-established Interface Team work into ED and EAU to help prevent hospital admission and also to facilitate safe and timely discharges from our short stayareas; our inpatient OT teams assess patients for discharge from base wards andour Recovery at Home Therapy Teams assess and work with patients at home on discharge from hospital, as well as responding to situations to help prevent admission to hospital.

Witheach rotational area, you will hold your own caseload of patients and will be responsible for assessing the functional needs of your patients to either prevent admission to hospital or facilitate discharge from hospital. You willalso be assessing for and prescribing aids, equipment and wheelchairs, and liaising with partner agencies whilst adapting your core skills to the patient group or speciality you are working in.

You will also have the opportunity todevelop your manual handling skills and your knowledge of specialist equipment.

Due to the need to visit patients homes as partof assessment and treatment interventions, you will need to have a valid UKdriving licence and be able to drive our department vehicles in the acute teamsat Sunderland Royal, and have access to a vehicle for work purposes for the Recovery at Home rotations.

One Team One Trust
- There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our work forces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more…