Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 33 hours per week (33 hours per week) Job ref 409-7438109-E
Employer Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Southport Hospital Town Southport Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/01/2026 23:59
Advanced Occupational Therapist - T & O Therapy Service
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy Service for 33 hours per week, to provide Clinical Professional Leadership within the service.
This role involves both clinical and operational responsibilities, deputising for the Team Lead as appropriate. The successful candidate will provide a high quality, evidence based therapy service to patients admitted to hospital on a trauma and/or orthopaedic pathway. This will include, but is not exclusive to, trauma, major trauma, elective surgery, fractured neck of femur and amputee patients.
The post holder will provide highly specialist Occupational Therapist intervention for a caseload of Orthopaedic patients and offer advanced clinical reasoning within the specialism to support complex decision making.
The successful will be responsible for service development in line with current evidenced based practice and have involvement in leading audit, education and training.
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical leadership and direction to the Trauma and Orthopaedic Team. To carry own caseload and oversee caseloads of clinical staff to provide high level clinical decision making in line with current evidence based practice. The post holder will deputise for the Team Lead as necessary in managing the operations of the team.
Working for our organisation
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
* CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
* SAFETY that is of the highest standards
* COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
* SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
* PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
* Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for details of roles and responsibilities pertaining to position.
Advert will close 13th November
Shortlisting 14th November onwards
Interview week beginning 24th November
For an informal discussion please contact Sharon Saunders
01704 704147
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
* Masters level clinical courses/ or equivalent
* Membership/participation of Special Interest Groups/Networks
* Professional Practice Educator Training/qualification
* Relevant management qualification or managerial specialist courses or equivalent
Skills and Abilities
* Committed to personal and developmental development
* Able to work well with others and pass on skills and knowledge
* Able to maintain judgement under pressure and manage stress in others
* Have motivation, drive and enthusiasm
* Be able to deal with conflict resolution with staff, patients and members of the public
* Ability to be empathic and discuss sensitive issues
* Self-directed learning
* Clear vision of role and commitment to speciality and be able to represent the service and organisation at Trust initiatives and with outside agencies
* Good computer and telephone skills
* Evidence of advanced communication skills
* Initiate evidence bases practice within the clinical setting and develop local care pathways
* Demonstrate full awareness of clinical governance and its application in therapy
Knowledge and Experience
* Extensive clinical post-graduation experience of rehabilitation of patients in relevant speciality
* Extensive knowledge of the physical and psycho-social impact of stroke/neurological conditions
* Experience of working with multi professional groups involved in the care of adults and children with complex needs
* Operational management, development and supervision of junior staff, students and therapy assistants
* Experience of teaching multi professional staff, students, and peers
* Experience of service evaluations and audit processes
* Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance of recent post graduate courses relevant to speciality
* Experience of joint working with external organisations, academic institutes where applicable
* Have a detailed awareness of current NHS issues and relevant frameworks/quality indicators
* Experience of developing services
Other
* To be able to assess complex / terminally ill patients by carrying out a full assessment that often requires physical strength and dexterity including standing and sitting
* The work pattern is unpredictable, and concentration is required for investigating problems, analysis of performance data and policies, interruptions may be frequent where immediate response is required
* Ability to deal with distressing situations within designated service area and support staff to manage these situations
* To be able to impart distressing information to patients/carers or relatives in a sensitive and supportive way/where targets are not met, or patient has deteriorated A/I
* To manage working in a highly pressured work environment that is busy and maintain excellent working relationships with the MDT
* Able to cope with and assist in situations that could be unpleasant e.g. bodily fluids
* Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.
eVisa Update
For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK.
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:
* 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 (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.
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 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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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