Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist. We offer unique rotations through the North West Spinal Injury Unit, Stroke Therapy, Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics including post-operative rehabilitation, Medicine & Surgery, A&E and opportunity to experience our Discharge to Assess bed base. You will have opportunity to work across both Southport and Ormskirk Hospital sites. We are passionate about service development and quality improvement, therefore we ensure to provide learning opportunities through a comprehensive preceptorship pathway, in-service training, regular supervision, peer support and networking opportunities. We work closely within our multi-disciplinary teams to strive for excellent patient centred care. We are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic and wishes to join a friendly, and supportive therapy service. If you believe you have the skills that we are looking for and are ready for a positive challenge, then we would love to hear from you. We would consider applications from Occupational Therapy students due to qualify this year.
Responsibilities
* Providing an Occupational Therapy service to in patients and out patients at Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
* Managing your own clinical caseload under the supervision of highly skilled senior therapists.
* Developing your leadership skills through the delegation of duties and support to colleagues and students.
* Developing your assessment, treatment and evaluation skills in line with evidence based practice with a range of patients within specialty areas.
* Participating in audit, research and service development.
What we offer / Development
We can offer you excellent opportunities for personal and professional development supported by our preceptorship and supervision programmes bespoke to your needs. Peer support through our Band 5 networking meetings. Robust induction and training programmes to develop unique specialty skills and knowledge. Opportunities to engage in service development including the Moving with Dignity movement and promoting the Home First pathways. Training packages to enhance knowledge in special interest areas. Experience working through specialised services that will develop both core and transferable skills.
Additional information
Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account. Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to: Create a UKVI account; Link their current passport; Access their eVisa straightaway to check all details. Incorrect information should be reported using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/report-error-evisa. Understand how to generate an eVisa share code. Disclosure and Barring Service Check: If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Applicants may be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. If you have not already done so, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service with a small annual fee of £13 per year.
Flexible Working: We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service allow all employees to request flexible working from day one of employment, with no limit on the number of requests. We would also encourage discussion of flexible working options at interview stage. We will consider requests for flexible working at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Staff recognition is important to us; we offer performance reviews, pay attention to development, and provide a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. The Trust is non-smoking across all sites. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website. Please ensure that all application materials are truthful and accurate. The Trust will not accept AI-generated submissions and will check applications against AI detection software.
Additional Trust information: We encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours: We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here. An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL soon.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 across 21 sites. Our services include Acute Care, Primary Care, Community Services and Specialist Regional Services, including the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital and the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital.
Achievements
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
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