Adult Optimisation Occupational Therapist-Oncology | Barts Health NHS Trust


Company:	Barts Health NHS Trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC1A 7BE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Jul 2026
Closing date:	27 Aug 2026

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Summary

Band 7 Adult Optimisation Occupational Therapist-Oncology

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.We are looking fora Band 7 Occupational Therapist who is ready for new challenges or an experienced Band 6 who is seeking promotional opportunities to join our Prehabilitation and Geriatric Oncology teams.

The successful post holder will hold a leading role in the on-going development and running of a multidisciplinary Prehabilitation service and Geriatric Oncology Service. The prehabilitation service sits within an innovative wider multidisciplinary team with many developmental opportunities for the post-holder such as level 2 psychological skills training and regular clinical supervision from the clinical psychology team to support the development and evaluation of the OT role within Prehabilitation. Additionally, there is opportunity to develop clinical skills in the newly established Geriatric Oncology Service working closely with other professionals in the outpatient clinics enhancing the provision to frail patients.

If you are excited by this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. For further discussion, please contact Emily Dore-Smith: e.dore-smith1@nhs.net

The successful candidate should be a dedicated, skilled and motivated clinician with wide breadth of experience including; cognitive assessment, frailty screening and fatigue management.At Bart’s our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation; 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 care and being an outstanding place to work. For this reason, we recognise the importance of personal and professional development and that it is crucial to the success of our service. We therefore offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. As a band 7 you will also have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and leadership skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, therapy support workers and students.

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

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

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Aug 2026

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