Occupational Therapist | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration? Are you a student looking for your first job as a qualified Occupational Therapist ?

Joinour large and inspirational Adult Therapies Service at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - City and Westonas a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, where you will develop your career in-line with the RCOT Career Framework!

Our team is made up of 400 colleagues who collaboratively work across City & Weston sites.

You can find out more about the

Adult Therapies Service here

Therapies - UHBW Careers

This is an exciting cross-site rotational role where you will gain specialist skills and knowledge to help develop and guide you through your career.

We have full time/ part time and fixed term vacancies available.

Face-to-face interviews will be held in Bristol or Weston.

Main duties and responsibilities

Within this role, you will rotate across a variety of specialitiesand sites across both City & Weston.

These rotations include

• Medicine
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Critical Care, Cardiac and Surgery
• Older Person Therapy includingFront Door
• Stroke
• Paediatrics

During your rotation, you’ll be building relationships with new teams and adapting to new environments, all that offer unique benefits and incentives such as:

• Preceptorship programme
• Supportive, integrated team working
• IST/journal clubs/ research opportunities
• Protected and regularClinical supervision from a Senior OT /Team Lead OT/ Clinical Specialist OT
• Service development and QIprojects
• Cake rotas

Want to hear more about the benefits of working at UHBW?Click here for more staff benefits: https://www.uhbwcareers.nhs.uk/staff-benefits

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The post holder will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, integrated and efficient therapeutic service for patients referred for Occupational Therapy (OT).

Staff will rotate approximately every six months to different clinical sites and areas across the Trust. Each rotation will have clear learning objectives. On some rotations Band 5 OTs will be required to supervise non-registered staff.

The post holder will be responsible for a separate and designated caseload.

The post holder will take an active part in their own development and will seek help and advice accordingly.

Registered staff will work alongside non-registered staff and may delegate some activities.

The post holder will be supported by a Band 6 / 7 throughout the rotation.

The post holder will be required to work shifts including weekends and to participate in the bank

This advert closes on Sunday 2 Aug 2026