• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-25-0382?language=en&page=219&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  WVT Occupational Therapy are looking to recruit an Apprentice Occupational Therapist, with our Inpatient Therapy department.As a development role, you will attend University to complete the Occupational Therapy degree, whilst working as a Therapy Support Worker. This allows you to gain your clinical skills and knowledge whilst training to become an Occupational Therapist.You will initially start as aTherapy Support Worker (band 3). On completion of the degree, you will become a registered Occupational Therapist.The University that you attend will be the University of Worcester.

  The Apprentice Occupational Therapist is a developmental role. The Occupational Therapy training programme combines and integrates both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. An Apprentice Occupational Therapist will be based, as an employee in the organisation, in a specific setting, but may also experience working in alternative settings in order that they gain a wide appreciation of many health and care contexts and are able to fulfil all the requirements of the programme.

  Main duties of the job

  This is a development role via the Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship standard. You will work towards successful completion of a BSc (Hons) degree in Occupational Therapy (University of Worcester) and recognition by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional (AHP) Occupational Therapist.

  You will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of an Occupational Therapist through your apprenticeship within the service as well as through completion of the Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship training programme. This includes working in hospital, clinic and community settings, and delivery of direct person-centred care. Whilst undertaking this training you will work within the service as an Occupational Therapy Apprentice, where your role will reflect your learning. Gaining knowledge of providing Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions for service users commensurate with the level/stage of apprenticeship. Gaining knowledge of the application of the Occupational Therapy process (assessment, intervention, evaluation) across clinical settings commensurate with the level/stage of apprenticeship.

  The apprentice will complete band 3 Therapy competencies within a specified timeframe. On completion of these, they will work towards your band 4 therapy competencies.

  About us

  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

  Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

  We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

  More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

  We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

  Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

  Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

  Details

  Date posted

  05 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  229-IC-7187668

  Job locations

  Hereford County Hospital

  Therapy Services, Hereford County Hospital

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see separate job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of this role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see separate job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of this role.

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE English and Maths at C/4 or above Level 3 qualification - A levels, BTEC
  • 96 UCAS points (equivalent to A levels at BCC including a biological subject)
  • Commitment to undergo training as required to complete the programme

  Skills, Knowledge and abilities

  Essential

  • Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level
  • Able to convey tasks and actions to colleagues and service users
  • Ability to assist patients to achieve safe working environments for treatments to be carried out
  • Ability to perform treatments in a variety of settings such as clinics, patients own homes and hospital sites
  • Ability to use patient information systems to input data and clinical treatment
  • Knowledge of Professional Code of Conduct for Podiatry Occupational Therapy

  Experience

  Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting

  Personal attributes

  Essential

  • Approachable, reliable and flexible
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal) Evidence of ability to communicate and work with team
  • Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure and adapt to needs of service
  • Ability to assimilate new concepts and approaches to care
  • Ability to hear distressing news from patients when discussing treatment plans and during consultations when patients share their life experiences, there may be barriers to understanding
  • Ability to engage positively with service users
  • Ability to complete apprenticeship work outside working paid hours
  • Ability to work effectively as a team member
  • Use of computer and VDU equipment
  • Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
  • Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working
  • Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help

  Desirable

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
  • Able to meet moving and handling requirements of post
  • Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE English and Maths at C/4 or above Level 3 qualification - A levels, BTEC
  • 96 UCAS points (equivalent to A levels at BCC including a biological subject)
  • Commitment to undergo training as required to complete the programme

  Skills, Knowledge and abilities

  Essential

  • Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level
  • Able to convey tasks and actions to colleagues and service users
  • Ability to assist patients to achieve safe working environments for treatments to be carried out
  • Ability to perform treatments in a variety of settings such as clinics, patients own homes and hospital sites
  • Ability to use patient information systems to input data and clinical treatment
  • Knowledge of Professional Code of Conduct for Podiatry Occupational Therapy

  Experience

  Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting

  Personal attributes

  Essential

  • Approachable, reliable and flexible
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal) Evidence of ability to communicate and work with team
  • Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure and adapt to needs of service
  • Ability to assimilate new concepts and approaches to care
  • Ability to hear distressing news from patients when discussing treatment plans and during consultations when patients share their life experiences, there may be barriers to understanding
  • Ability to engage positively with service users
  • Ability to complete apprenticeship work outside working paid hours
  • Ability to work effectively as a team member
  • Use of computer and VDU equipment
  • Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
  • Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working
  • Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help

  Desirable

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
  • Able to meet moving and handling requirements of post
  • Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Hereford County Hospital

  Therapy Services, Hereford County Hospital

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Hereford County Hospital

  Therapy Services, Hereford County Hospital

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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