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Salary for this role£51,657 – £58,785 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2212, Specialist medical practitioners. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

Following the opening of our brand-new Respiratory Unit, we are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist with experience and a special interest in respiratory care to join our team at Frimley Park.

Are you:

Passionate about delivering outstanding patient care?
Looking to build on your skills, clinical expertise, and leadership abilities?
Committed to CPD, education, service development, and mentoring others?
HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist?

Do you want to:

Be challenged professionally and encouraged to think creatively?
Play a key role in developing a motivated, skilled and future-focused OT workforce?
Work in a supportive service led by an experienced Head of Occupational Therapy?

What we offer:

Excellent learning and development opportunities, regular supervision, peer support and appraisal.
Dedicated training and guidance in quality improvement, supported by Practice Development post holders.
Opportunities to influence service delivery and shape the future of Occupational Therapy within the respiratory and medical specialities.

About the role:

As a Band 7 Clinical Specialist, you will take a lead in shaping the Occupational Therapy service for respiratory and medical patients.

You will also work hand-in-hand with the Medical Team Lead OT to ensure patients within the Medical and Older Persons directorate receive excellent, patient-centred services.

Main duties of the job

To provide expert clinical support and advise, alongside the OT Team Leader, linking closely with multi-professional colleagues.
To hold a clinical caseload, providing excellent, high-quality person-centred clinical management, including patients who have complex acute and chronic presentations, determining the functional deficits and OT treatment within an acute setting.
To strive to provide a service fit for today and the future, considering and inputting into the latest evidence-based practice, developing personal leadership to support clinical and service growth and staff development.
The post holder will be the Clinical Specialist to support and facilitate Occupational Therapy Service with key roles in the development of a competent, knowledgeable workforce, equipping them to provide high-quality person-centred care.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide assessment, treatment, advice, evaluation and clinical management at an advanced level for patients who have complex, acute and chronic presentations.
Participation in a 7-day working roster and bank holiday cover.

Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an OT practice development lead, in addition to clinical advice and support from our OT clinical flow lead.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Date posted

21 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,657 to £58,785 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-NM433

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post & get in touch.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma / degree in OT recognised by College of OT
H.C.P.C Registered OT
Evidence of post graduate training in the relevant clinical field

Desirable

Evidence of Relevant postgraduate courses
Study for a MSc

Skills

Essential

Familiar with RCOT documentation guidelines (SOAP)
Ability to work in and manage a team, in Managers absence
Critical appraisal skills
Presentation skills
Computer literacy
Teaching and facilitation skills

Desirable

Evidence of Clinical Audit and EBP

Experience

Essential

Experienced Supervisor - staff and students
Working knowledge specialty anatomy and physiology
Expert Assessment, treatment planning and goal setting in the acute hospital setting
Working within ED in an acute hospital NHS setting
Support junior staff in managing their caseload

Desirable

Previous experience as a band 7 occupational therapist or equivalent.
Experience of research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.