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Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 01 April 2026
A new and exciting position has become available to work across the Hospital to Home Therapy Team and the Department for Older People's Medicine Inpatient Therapy Team at Aintree Hospital as part of a static internal rotation.
Timing of the rotation across both specialities will coincide with the external rotations across LUHFT.
Hospital to Home Therapy Team (H2H)
The H2H team is made up of a mixture of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. The team accept referrals from the therapy inpatient teams across Aintree to carry out Discharge to Assess, Same Day/Next day follow up visits and Environmental visits in patient's own homes.
Older Peoples' Inpatient Therapy Team (DMOPS)
The DMOPS team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. The team covers 3 inpatient DMOPS wards as well as supporting an outpatient falls clinic. You will work closely with the AHP team and the wider MDT covering a DMOPS caseload, supporting patient discharges by carrying out vital OT assessments and interventions. There may also be opportunity to support falls clinic by completing post falls assessments in patients own homes.
This post is suitable for an Occupational Therapist that has experience working both in acute inpatient settings and in the community.
Main duties of the job
Providing key OT assessment and treatment plans for patients in an acute inpatient and community setting.
To carry out discharge to assess, complex follow up visits and environmental visits.
To manage designated case load with complex needs using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan implement and evaluate interventions.
Maintain records which fulfil legal requirements.
To regularly supervise B5 OT's, B4 or B3 staff and OT students.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and performance reviews.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of both services.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job responsibilities
Providing key OT assessment and treatment plans for patients in an acute inpatient and community setting.
To carry out discharge to assess, complex follow up visits and environmental visits.
To manage designated case load with complex needs using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan implement and evaluate interventions.
Maintain records which fulfil legal requirements.
To regularly supervise B5 OT's, B4 or B3 staff and OT students.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and performance reviews.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of both services.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.
Person Specification
Skills
* Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
* Effective written and oral communication skills
* Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
* Teaching / Presentations at In - Service level
* Able to evaluate and be critical of self
* Competent IT Skills
Qualifications
* Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
* Member of Special Interest group
Experience
* Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
* Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants.
* Evidence of participation in audit
* Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges
Knowledge
* Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
* Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
* Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
Other
* Flexible and open to change
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.
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