University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is recruiting a Band 6 Occupational Therapist (Rotational) specialising in neurosciences, based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London. Applications close on 9 November 2026, and the trust warns the vacancy may close earlier if it receives enough applications, so candidates should not delay.

The post is a permanent, full-time role within the hospital's therapy and rehabilitation services team, and the salary is £47,951 to £56,863 a year, which is Agenda for Change Band 6 pay including the High Cost Area Supplement for London. The vacancy reference is 309-UCLH-8241-A, and applications are made online through NHS Jobs.

What the rotational role involves

The successful candidate will rotate through a specialist multidisciplinary team at one of the country's best-known neurology hospitals. The rotation covers stroke services, neuro-rehabilitation, acute neurological and neurosurgical inpatients, upper limb rehabilitation, and neuro-outpatients, with each area offering experience of assessing and treating patients with acute and chronic complex neuro-disability.

Day-to-day work includes carrying out specialist occupational therapy assessments, planning and delivering treatment, and supervising at least one team member while helping to run the occupational therapy service in the clinical area. The department runs structured in-service training linked to the knowledge and skills framework and personal development plans, and team members are encouraged to take part in teaching, training, multidisciplinary audit and research at local and national level.

Who can apply

Applicants need to be state-registered occupational therapists with substantive post-graduation experience, including experience in neurology. The trust is looking for effective communication skills and a positive approach to managing complex disability, alongside the clinical judgement needed to work as an autonomous practitioner with patients who have highly complex and rare neurological conditions.

Candidates must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. The trust says it welcomes applications from people who need visa sponsorship, but only where all UK Visas and Immigration requirements are met, and applications that do not meet the points-based criteria cannot be progressed.

Why UCLH

UCLH describes itself as one of the largest teaching and research NHS trusts in the UK, providing academically led acute and specialist services across eight sites, including University College Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals. In the most recent NHS staff survey, UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend it as a place to work among all general acute or acute and community NHS trusts in England, for the third year in a row.

The trust offers flexible working from the start of employment, an interest-free season ticket loan for permanent staff, access to free independent and confidential support, retail discounts, a cycle to work scheme, and on-site accommodation. Its staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers activities including a weekly choir and art club.

Applications for the Band 6 neurosciences occupational therapist post must be submitted through NHS Jobs before the closing date of 9 November 2026. Correspondence about applications is sent by email through the TRAC recruitment system, and the trust advises candidates who have not heard back within three weeks of the closing date to assume they have not been shortlisted on this occasion.