Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 21 April 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about patient care and are looking for a new and exciting challenge? Come and join our innovative, supportive and highly skilled Occupational Therapy Team at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust!

We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join our Band 6 rotation programme. LUHFT has experienced and highly skilled Therapists working in a wide range of areas and this post will include working in specialities such as:

Major Trauma

First Response

A&E

Stroke pathway (hyperacute, rehab, ESD)

Reablement

Complex Rehabilitation

Critical care

General acute inpatients

Outpatients

You will have the opportunity to work across Aintree, Broadgreen and the new state-of-the-art Royal Liverpool Hospital. Some specialities provide extended service hours, 8am-8pm seven days a week, therefore flexible working arrangements can be considered to support work-life balance.

You will have a key role in completing skilled assessment and clinical reasoning to provide treatment, promote recovery, risk assess and problem solve to arrange complex discharges at the earliest and safest opportunity.

We are committed to staff development and training including leadership. You will have peer support, access to regular supervision and support from the Band 7s/8as.

This opportunity is open to both existing Band 6s and experienced Band 5s who are keen to develop into a band 6 role via a training route if appropriate (Annex 21).

Main duties of the job

We wish to recruit an experienced clinician who has a clear understanding of the developing role of Occupational Therapy within integrated therapy services, and the ability to support leadership of a team which delivers innovative, responsive services to meet both the needs of patients and the organisation. The post holder will have clinical experience working with adults with complex presentations, in particular older people with multiple co-morbidity.

The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work as an effective member of the wider team as well as with other external agencies. You will be required to participate or lead on service review in order to identify service development needs and support the band 7 in delivering this while meeting clinical service demands

We have regular team meetings and are committed to continuing professional development. We have a clear supervision structure and advice is available from our highly skilled Band 7s and 8as within the departments.

Band 6 employees are required to supervise Band 5 and assistant staff, and deputise for clinical team leads.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Date posted

04 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

287-DSS-61-25-B

Job locations

Liverpool University Hospital

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
HCPC Registration

Desirable

Member of Special Interest group

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
Evidence of participation in audit
Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession

Skills

Essential

Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
Effective written and oral communication skills
Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
Teaching / Presentations at In - Service level
Able to evaluate and be critical of self

Desirable

Competent IT Skills

Other

Essential

Flexible and open to change

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
HCPC Registration

Desirable

Member of Special Interest group

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
Evidence of participation in audit
Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession

Skills

Essential

Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
Effective written and oral communication skills
Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
Teaching / Presentations at In - Service level
Able to evaluate and be critical of self

Desirable

Competent IT Skills

Other

Essential

Flexible and open to change

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).