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Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner – City Hospital Campus (Visa Sponsorship).

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Assistant practitioner Medicine and Oncology Occupational Therapy Team, based on the City Campus.

Job Title: Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £27,485 – £30,162 per annum

Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom

Deadline: 12/10/2025 23:59

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Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work alongside Occupational Therapists who cover the respiratory, renal, oncology and haematology wards.

Core responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Involvement in assessment, progression and discharge planning, implementing rehabilitation programmes delegated by registered staff.
  • Taking responsible for your own caseload, working both individually and alongside other members of the team.
  • Gathering information about home circumstances, completing specific functional assessments, ordering equipment and providing rehabilitation and planning discharges.
  • Working with a variety of patient groups including those managing long-term conditions or receiving end of life care.
  • Helping patients manage the symptoms they are experiencing due to their condition.
  • Providing informal supervision to more junior staff and contributing to student placements and team teachings.
  • Non-clinical duties including photocopying and filing.
  • Excellent communication skills are a must in this role as you will be expected to communicate with patients, carers and members of the MDT.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Level 2/GCSEs grade 4 or higher English and maths (Grade C or above prior to 2017) or equivalent Functional Skills
  • NVQ/QCF level 3 in healthcare or equivalent relevant qualification e.g. A-level / BTEC.

Desirable criteria

  • Foundation degree in Health and Social Care, or equivalent level 5 qualification

Physical skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to undertake therapeutic moving and handling procedures
  • Experience of using Information Technology (e.g. basic word processing skills).

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Significant experience of working as a therapy support worker (Band 3)
  • Experience working in a rehabilitation or relevant healthcare setting
  • Experience of managing own caseload

Desirable criteria

  • Previous experience working as a Band 4 assistant practitioner

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential criteria

  • Understand the scope of practice as an Assistant Practitioner, seeking help and direction when necessary
  • Take an active role in supervision and reflective practice
  • Demonstrate problem-solving skills

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

  • Ability to work on own initiative

Other requirements

Essential criteria

  • Must be flexible with working requirements. Working patterns will be dependent on each clinical setting and may be over 7 days.

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

  • Effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  • Able to communicate complex information with patients who have impaired communication abilities
  • Able to empathise with and motivate others.

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Application Process

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