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.
Responsibilities
Within your role you will have opportunities and responsibilities for:
* 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.
Benefits
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.
Visa, DBS and Flexible Working
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 as soon as possible using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/report-error-evisa
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
+ All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
+ There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
+ Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Other Information
Working for Team MWL Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. The Trust is a non‑smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website. You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software. Additional Information Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are 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 very soon.
Our Services & Achievements
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, West Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
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