# Highly Specialist Outpatients Occupational Therapist

**Company**: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Chelsea
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £58,133 to £65,261 a year pro rata per annum
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Band 7 Occupational Therapist to lead and develop our outpatient occupational therapy service across two sites: Sutton and Chelsea.

As a world-renowned cancer centre, we offer the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality patient care.

The successful candidate will have evidence of experience in oncology and palliative care, and will be able to provide holistic assessments and treatment programmes for patients with complex rehabilitation needs.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and leading the outpatient occupational therapy service across both sites

- Providing holistic assessments and treatment programmes for patients with cancer

- Working with the multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated care

- Developing and delivering individualised treatment programmes

- Providing advice, support, and supervision for junior Occupational Therapists

- Undertaking evidence-based audit and research projects

Requirements:

- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

- State Registration with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC) for Occupational Therapy

- Significant postgraduate clinical experience in oncology and palliative care

- Advanced knowledge of functional assessment and treatment techniques

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

We offer a competitive salary of £58,133 to £65,261 per annum, pro rata, plus a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development.

## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- oncology
- palliative care
- clinical supervision
- leadership
- project management
- audit
- outcome measurement
- clinical governance
- presentation
- teaching

### Nice to have
- Approved fieldwork supervisor course
- Membership of a clinical interest group in occupational therapy
- Accredited wheelchair course
- Accredited splinting and hand therapy course

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