Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Hand Team
The closing date is 08 March 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 7 Hand OT to join the hand therapy team at WUTH.
You will be enthusiastic, inspiring, and innovative. You will become a key member of the long-established and successful hand therapy service at WUTH, managing a complex caseload of trauma, rheumatology, MSK, and orthopaedic patients. You will be part of a warm, friendly, and supportive hand therapy team of hand OTs and physiotherapists. You will primarily work in St Catherine’s Health Centre and Clatterbridge hospitals in the physiotherapy outpatient department, and also orthopaedic listing clinics, and fracture clinics. You will liaise with other members of our multi-disciplinary team, including surgeons, nurses, orthotists, and administrative staff.
You will share responsibility for the running of the occupational therapy team with the other part-time Band 7 Hand OT, whilst liaising with the Clinical Specialist of the team.
You will be expected to participate in team in-service training, supervise junior staff and students, and attend regular meetings, including MDT liaison and journal clubs.
Main duties of the job
To communicate effectively with staff, patients, carers and other agencies to co-ordinate care and to ensure effective and appropriate planning and delivery of treatment.
To collect, analyse and deliver a range of more complex clinical information to staff groups, agencies, lay people etc for educational purposes, or service development.
To be a resource to support staff with complex patients requiring a high level of decision making.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your work including patient treatment, equipment use, resources and documentation.
To provide specialist comprehensive assessment of patients, with complex presentations, requiring a range of specialist skills, including highly developed physical skills, analytical skills and cognitive analysis skills.
To provide education and advice to own profession staff, other staff groups, agencies, patient groups, relatives and carers and the general public.
To organise and undertake audit, patient surveys or research in order to analyse effectiveness of service, identify patient need and to plan for improving and developing services.
To provide a good example of leadership, through effective team working, flexibility, enthusiasm and commitment to own speciality.
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.
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.
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role, key responsibilities and duties please see the attached Job description for the Clinical lead Post.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
* Graduate Diploma or BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC in Occupational Therapy, Dietetics or Speech & Language
* HPCP Registration
* At least 4 years post grad experience (including Experience as band 5 AHP to consolidate basic post-graduate skills & to develop more specialist skills followed by appropriate experience in a relevant area of work at band 6 (or equivalent) level
* Ability to identify learning needs and develop the skills of staff and students in speciality. This includes mentorship, appraisal, supervision and training
* Member of Charted Society of Physiotherapy, British Dietetic Association, Royal College of Occupational Therapy, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists or similar
* Evidence of significant and relevant post registration training and relevant evidence in CPD portfolio in order to prove development of specialist clinical skills and development of highly developed specialist knowledge. Profession specific training in specialist area, recognised as equating to masters level, e.g MACP, Sensory Integration training, Bobath, PENG clinical update etc
Knowledge and skills
* Basic computer skills
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.
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata
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