Rotational Occupational Therapist

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT is recruiting for a Rotational Occupational Therapist. The closing date is 17 February 2026.

Our rehabilitation team offers opportunities to gain experience in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with development programmes to support continued professional development. You will join a Rehabilitation Service that includes Physiotherapy and unregistered staff, working together to promote therapy and patient independence across the Trust.

You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, including community partners, to provide a holistic, patient-centred Occupational Therapy service that empowers patients to achieve their goals. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills within frailty, acute medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, and acute stroke, with support from senior Occupational Therapists. There is also the opportunity to undertake rotations within the Community Paediatric Team.

Each team supports continued professional development, offering preceptorship, regular clinical and managerial supervision, and team development. There is also potential to participate in peer supervision, co-led journal clubs and staff training sessions led by senior staff.

Main duties of the job include:

• Full functional assessment and analysis of patients' physical presentation
• Assessments for activities of daily living including home, work, school and leisure activities
• Advice on energy conservation/adaptation, transfers, mobility, personal care and domestic activities
• Prescribing and arranging provision of equipment; educating patients and carers in safe use of equipment
• Adapting and evaluating rehabilitation programmes, including assessment and fabrication of static hand orthoses
• Assessing patients requiring more than one member of staff for transfers
• Assessment of hoists and other patient handling equipment
• Facilitation of normal movement of the upper limb
• Administering standardised assessments

There has never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We are undertaking a major digital transformation, including a new electronic patient record (EPR) system from 2026 to replace paper-based records and to improve joined-up care across The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetric and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds values of kindness, wellness and fairness, and we strive for continuous quality improvement. Our 2024 CQC maternity rating was Good. We offer recognised learning and apprenticeships, and operate across approx. 4,000 staff and volunteers with modern facilities and a welcoming team.

Job responsibilities can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification:

• B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 years) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 years) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 years)
• Health and Professions Council registration
• Driver with access to own car

Experience required includes:

• Broad NHS experience across physical, social, community and mental health settings as an undergraduate or postgraduate Occupational Therapist
• Clinical experience in surgical, acute medical, orthopaedics, neurology, frailty medicine, and paediatrics

Skills, abilities and knowledge:

• Good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
• Understanding of diagnoses and interpretation of disorders
• Ability to plan treatments and use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
• Ability to prioritise and delegate workload
• Commitment to life-long learning and continued professional development

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 DBS to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, pro rata.