Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist
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About the Role
Fancy taking up a permanent, full-time role in our Senior Occupational Therapy Rotation? We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic candidate to come and join our teams to complete varied rotational opportunities in Band 6 roles.
Rotational Opportunities
We currently offer a wide range of rotations across:
- Paediatrics
- Emergency care services (frailty at the front door, acute assessment areas)
- Medical inpatient wards
- Orthopaedics (Trauma & Elective)
- Neurology (Acute, Specialist Rehab Centre and Early Supported Discharge)
- Elderly medicine inpatients
- General rehabilitation
These rotational positions aim to provide opportunities to develop your skills across a range of clinical settings. We offer six-monthly rotations through the various teams with opportunities to extend your skills in the clinical specialties and develop leadership skills. You will be encouraged to participate in service improvement through audit and research, with educational opportunities through the in-service training programmes.
We are also looking to work with partnership organizations to offer opportunities to work in community settings. You will have professional support and supervision from the Therapy Team and Clinical Leaders and support from Senior Occupational Therapists from other specialties as required. Each Therapy team has an office which is shared with the physiotherapists and assistants.
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Responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic occupational therapist who can:
- Assess and treat their own caseload of patients/clients in a specialty and maintain associated records.
- Have a responsibility for Training & Development of occupational therapy staff, students, apprentices, and other staff groups in this specialty.
- Supervise less experienced occupational therapists, apprentices, assistants, and students.
- Participate as a member of the therapy team and the MDT within a specified clinical area.
- Have a responsibility for their own CPD and other developmental activities.
- Be involved in identifying and carrying out departmental audit, research, or service development activity.
- Participate in providing 7-day services and extended working day, as required by the service. (Some of our services work on extended hours rota working between 08:00 and 18:30).
About Us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales, and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus, or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester, and Manchester as well as neighboring North Wales.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Liz Waters
- Job Title: Therapy Manager
- Email Address: liz.waters1@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0151 678 5111
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