Band 6 Therapist - Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom - Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Therapies Department in the dynamic 1st floor (orthopaedic) team as a full time Occupational Therapist (Band 6).

The team covers both Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge General Hospitals working across elective and emergency orthopaedic surgery and our regional elective surgical hub working closely with our multidisciplinary teams.

We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to come and join us and can support flexible working requests. The team have an office base on each site, and assessment space available to them.

The post holder will have the opportunity to gain experience in working across our busy Surgical and Orthopaedic wards.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our senior occupational therapy team looking to provide opportunities to develop band 6 skills across a number of clinical settings.

There are opportunities to engage in training and development, innovative practice and service development.

You will have professional support for your CPD from the Clinical Lead OT (Band 7) and support other Senior Occupational Therapists.

The post may also require working with the other inpatient therapy teams to provide senior therapy support.

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 neighbouring North Wales.

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Senior Occupational Therapist position available at WUTH.
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Graduate Diploma or BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC (or student Occupational Therapist with qualification pending)
Core Rotations as a Band 5 Therapists in a range of core areas: Orthopaedics, Medical or Frailty Inpatient, Neurological Rehabilitation

Basic computer skills

Experience supervising junior, students or nonqualified staff
Active collection of relevant CPD in portfolio

Well developed theoretical knowledge under pinning Occupational Therapy practice
Knowledge and experience in hospital computer system
Ability to be flexible and adaptable in order to support others and needs of the service
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Arrowe Park Hospital