Job Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Occupational Therapist

Band 5 (£32,073 - £39,043)

Permanent Post

Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist who is looking to develop their skills within our expanding team. We can offer you a challenge, the opportunity to work in a fast paced, but rewarding environment, and all the support and encouragement you need to learn and progress in your career.

We live and breathe the phrase “best care, best people, best performance” and we know that this can only be achieved through investing in our staff, so in return for your passion, dedication and hard work we promise you:

• Fully supported induction
• Rotational opportunities in; Acute Stroke, Stroke Rehab, Orthopaedics, Surgical, Medical, Urgent care and Medicine for Older people Each of our rotations are 6 months
• Leadership and Management Development pathways
• Opportunities to explore research projects
• Yearly appraisal
• Regular supervision
• Regular Peer support

We are looking for the team players, the great communicators and those that understand the difference between good care and the truly exceptional. We know that making a patient's day a little better, makes OUR day.

As part of our department, you will be responsible for the day-to-day referrals and assessments as allocated to you within the rotation you are working in. Within this fast-paced environment, you will gain knowledge and experience of MDT working, functional and risk assessments, access, home, and follow up visits and liaison with a variety of services in both Health and Social care. The work allocated to you will always be within your competence levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and implement Occupational Therapy to a designated caseload and adapt intervention to meet client needs e.g. therapeutic handling, participation in treatment activity, dealing with distressing/sensitive issues.
• To ensure patients and carers are an integral part of their treatment planning and goal setting.
• To be responsible for assessment, prescription and fitting of equipment, whilst demonstrating an awareness of local cost implications.
• To ensure that up to date written and electronic records, reports and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• To provide intervention in a variety of environments, e.g. clients home, hospital/healthcare settings, schools, work environment to meet client needs.

For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached

Qualifications

• ​​​​​​Diploma/Degree OT
• Health Professions Council registration

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to assess, analyse and develop an OT plan of care
• Ability to progress a patients plan of care
• Ability to contribute to the DC planning process
• To create and maintain accurate OT patient records
• Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including risk management and health/safety issues
• Committed to CPD
• Some knowledge of best practice in OT

Experience

• Documented evidence of clinical placements and CPD
• Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
• Undertaking literature review/research

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026