Advanced Occupational Therapy Support Worker | Barts Health NHS Trust

Band 4 AdvancedOccupational Therapy SupportWorker

The opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a full time (37.5 hours a week) Band 4 Advanced Occupational Therapy Support Worker to join the Barts Heart Centre and Respiratory Team at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. We are seeking enthusiastic, self-motivated and caring individual to join our team to deliver this exciting, evolving service. This post is to assess, rehabilitate and manage patients to optimise their level of function and support appropriate discharge from hospital to home.

The role includes completing cognitive assessments, mood screens, rehabilitation, functional activities, early physical interventions, relaxation techniques, goal setting and co-ordination of rehabilitation with multi-disciplinary team members.

The occupational therapy team is forward thinking, dynamic and always striving to deliver innovative, highly specialist care. The team is participating in international, multi-centre research and invests in a variety of quality improvement projects.

We have an opportunity for you to join a rewarding and enjoyable position working for Barts Health; the largest Trust in England - specifically at the St. Bartholomew’s site. The role will involve working within the Barts Heart Centre and Respiratory occupational therapy team. You will work closely alongside therapy colleagues and other service pathways within St Bartholomew’s site to provide high-quality patient centered care.

As part of the therapy team, you will be responsible for the delivery of a high-quality occupational therapy service within Barts Heart Centre. You will work as part of the team to treat a wide variety of patients under the direction of senior therapists as well as autonomously to support patients in their assessment, rehabilitation and management, using advanced communication and therapeutic handling skills. The role will involve working across the different specialties within Barts Heart Centre and Respiratory with experience to be gained within the following areas - cardiology, cardiothoracics, respiratory, critical care and thoracic surgery.

For our world-class service, we need a world-class workforce. We are looking for previous relevant experience as a therapy assistant or support worker and experience of working with patients with complex healthcare needs in a physical health or rehabilitation setting. You will be a motivated team player and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with empathy and compassion at the heart of the care that you provide.

There is an established CPD programme for support workers with opportunities for personal development and involvement with development of other support workers within the department.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026