Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Fixed term, maternity leave cover (40 weeks) - fancy taking up a full time role in our Senior Occupational Therapy Rotation? We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic candidate to come and join our teams to provide cover for maternity leave. This would offer an opportunity to complete varied rotational opportunities in a fixed term Band 6 role.

We currently offer a wide range of rotations across Paediatrics, Emergency care services (frailty at the front door, acute assessment areas), medical inpatient wards, orthopaedics (Trauma & Elective), Neurology (Acute, Specialist Rehab Centre and Early Supported Discharge), elderly medicine inpatients and general rehabilitation.

These rotational positions aim to provide opportunities to develop your skills across a range of clinical settings. We offer six monthly rotations through the various teams with opportunities to extend your skills in the clinical specialities and develop leadership skills. You will be encouraged to participate in service improvement through audit and research, with educational opportunities through the in-service training programmes.

You will have professional support and supervision from the Therapy Team and Clinical Leaders and support from Senior Occupational Therapists from other specialities as required. Each Therapy team has an office which is shared with the physiotherapists and assistants.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic occupational therapist who can:

• Assesses and treat own caseload of patients / clients in a speciality and maintains associated records.- To have a responsibility for Training & Development of occupational therapy staff, students, apprentices and other staff groups in this speciality. Supervise less experienced occupational therapists, apprentices, assistants and students.- Participates as a member of the therapy team and the MDT within a specified clinical area- Has a responsibility re-own CPD and other developmental activities.- Involvement in identifying and carrying out departmental audit, research or service development activity.- Participates in providing 7-day services and extended working day, as required by the service. (Some of our services work on extended hours rota working between 08:00 and 18:30).

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.

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