Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist in Orthopaedics

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist in Orthopaedics The closing date is 05 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We are recruiting to an exciting B7 Occupational Therapy post within Orthopaedics. This post offers a varied caseload including trauma, elective and patients with challenging health and social care needs, therefore knowledge of relevant conditions and ability to manage complex cases is essential. The role will also entail providing support to community patients within the Hip Fracture Early Supported Discharge Team. The BHRUT focus is on early intervention to support high-quality patient care, therefore excellent communication skills and experience of discharge services such as HomeFirst or Discharge to Assess is an advantage. Strong leadership and team management skills are required to support students and junior staff. In return, you will receive excellent peer support and service development opportunities working alongside the Clinical Specialist. You will have opportunity to be involved in developing the hip fracture and high-volume elective orthopaedic pathways as well as orthopaedic weekend services.For further information about the role, contact Laura Salter on 01708 435000 x6047 or email laura.salter2@nhs.net Main duties of the job Using a holistic approach, provide specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients within your area of specialty, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries To give highly specialist guidance to other members of the MDT on matters relating to your specialist area. Provide leadership for the Occupational Therapy team, in conjunction with the Therapy Lead and Clinical Specialist, in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Occupational Therapy service provided to patients within your specialist area on a day-to-day basis. To provide a lead role in teaching and supporting colleagues in matters relating to specialist area. To participate in the training of undergraduate Occupational Therapists. To deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required both within management and clinical areas. To contribute to the day to day running and development of the service through promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practice and current research About us We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care. We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St Geor