Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational)

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, where you'll rotate through diverse specialties, including Major Trauma and Neuro Rehabilitation. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your skills while working closely with a multidisciplinary team. You'll be supported in your professional development and have the chance to make a significant impact on patient outcomes. Enjoy a competitive benefits package and a flexible working environment that values work-life balance, making this a rewarding career choice for those passionate about making a difference in healthcare.

Benefits

Flexible Working Opportunities

Annual Leave Allowance

Health and Wellbeing Activities

Qualifications

• Significant post registration NHS experience across core clinical areas.
• Evidence of supervising junior staff and contribution to service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients to enable discharge from hospital.
• Provide supervision and support to junior team members.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Time Management

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy

Post Graduate Training

Job description

Contract18 months (One 12 month secondment and one 18 month secondment)HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per weekJob ref236-SCO-P218-25EmployerNorthern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteSalford Royal HospitalTownSalfordSalary£37,338 - £44,962 per annumSalary periodYearlyClosing10/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our excellent Band 6 rotation. You will have the opportunity to rotate through: Major Trauma, Neurosurgery, Neuro Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Stroke, Emergency Assessment Unit, Aging Complex Medicine & Community Stroke & Neuro Rehabilitation. We are delighted to have a new addition of Critical Care to our rotation specialities. You will work closely with MDT colleagues to enable the best possible outcomes for patients.

You will be well supported by the experienced band 7 OT & Physio's in the teams to provide OT assessment & intervention, along side supervising junior members of the team.

You will work closely with community colleagues to ensure a smooth transition from hospital.

The OT department will support your professional development & your contribution to the development of our service will be valued.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a band 6 OT who rotates across a wide range of specialties to provide you with a wide range of learning opportunities. You will assess & treat patients to enable them to be discharged from hospital to their own homes or to an appropriate rehabilitation setting.

You are required to work at pace, have a sound understanding of the complex medical, physical, cognitive & psychosocial needs of this patients.

You will provide supervision, support & training to junior members of the team & will also receive this from our highly experienced band 7 OT's.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - careappreciate, an inspired – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Qualifications

BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent

Post graduate training relevant to rotational

Professional Registration

HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Significant post registration NHS experience of working across core clinical areas including managing medical, surgical, neurological and mental health conditions

Evidence of a wide clinical theoretical knowledge base

Well-developed communication skills

Experience of working as part of an MDT

Evidence of supervising junior staff and students

Evidence of contribution to service improvement / development

Evidence of CPD

Skills & Abilities

Good organisational and time management skills

Good IT skills

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We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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Applicant requirements

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.