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Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist (Elective Orthopaedics)
The closing date is 29 October 2025
As a HCPC registered Senior Specialist Occupational therapist supporting Orthopaedic patients at the Trafford Elective Surgical Hub (TESH) you will be responsible for supporting orthopaedic patients pre-and post operatively and be part of the senior team working at TESH.
Working collaboratively with senior colleagues you will support the delivery of pre-operative education sessions and interventions and also support inpatients at TESH with their therapy interventions and discharge from hospital. You will have opportunity for team leadership and service improvement and development in an evolving service.
You will be supported by Band 7 colleagues and a Clinical Lead therapist. Also by an OT Professional Lead and peer group on site at TGH.
Main duties of the job
We're looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and forward-thinking Occupational Therapist to be part of our senior team working with Orthopaedic patients at TESH.
You will need to be flexible and committed to delivering high-quality, patient focused care with experience of working with orthopaedic patients at a senior level and delivering group sessions beneficial.
The role requires you to work across 7 days and also support twilight shifts working up to 8pm on weekdays.
Strong leadership skills are essential to compliment your advances occupational therapy knowledge and skills. This will enable you to coordinate and monitor the caseload, and manage work with both outpatients and inpatients. You will provide supervision, leadership and teaching to the occupational therapy team and non-registered Band 3 and 4 staff.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* Recognised BSC Honours degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
* Completion of validated/nationally professionally recognised postgraduate specialist courses and ongoing relevant postgraduate training.
* State registration via Health and Care Professions Council
* Member of relevant specialist clinical interest group
* Clinical Educators course
* Registered member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy
* Completion of a basic management course
* Audit & Research training to a post graduate level
Clinical Skills/Abilities
* Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
* Good organisational / planning / prioritisation skills
* Demonstrate complex dexterity and specialist therapeutic handling skills
* Ability to motivate and negotiate to encourage reluctant and challenging patients
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Effective written communication skills e.g. clinical records, reports to other health care professionals and external agencies.
* Able to maintain sustained regular manual handling skills and therapeutic manoeuvres
* Able to participate in weekend and bank holiday working rota in line with departmental policies
* Knowledge of assessment and treatment of neurologically impaired patients
* Completion of relevant clinical courses
Knowledge and Experience
* Significant post registration with working at a senior specialist level in a relevant field
* Highly specialist comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy assessment and treatment technique
* Working knowledge of local and national policies and procedures e.g. Manual Handling, College of Occupational Therapists/Health and Care Professionals Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, CPR, Equality and Diversity
* Evidence of recent relevant Continual Professional Development
* Experience of and commitment to interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team working
* Experience of supervision of qualified staff, students and assistants
* Evidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training
* Understanding of clinical effectiveness and its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence based practice
* Knowledge of working of intermediate care and community services
* Previous experience in a post at this level
* Evidence of participation in postgraduate research
* Experience of managing less senior staff
* Evidence of involvement in clinical effectiveness activities
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.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata)
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