Occupational Therapist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A major regional healthcare provider in the UK seeks newly qualified Therapists for a 12-month Preceptorship Programme. This role entails assessing and treating patients while participating in a comprehensive Staff Rotational Scheme across various sites. Candidates will benefit from mentoring, skills development, and exposure to a multi-disciplinary environment. Commitment to a 7-day service is required.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified Therapist
• Ability to assess and treat patients
• Participation in a rotational scheme across multiple sites

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with supervision
• Participate in the Staff Rotational Scheme
• Assist senior staff in organizing work

Job description

You will bring the drive to develop yourself, your colleagues, and your service in this post. Newly qualified Therapists will also benefit from undertaking the Trust's Preceptorship Training Programme, which covers skills across both Nursing and Allied Health Professions (AHPs).

This 12-month Preceptorship Programme is an innovative initiative led by a multi-professional team of educators with proven coaching and mentoring abilities. Through your Preceptorship portfolio and participation in the programme, you can enhance your clinical expertise, master complex concepts, sharpen your critical thinking skills, promote career advancement, and develop your leadership potential. The programme will also equip you with additional skills including quality improvement, resilience, and mindfulness.

There is a requirement to work across a 7-day service within various rotations across multiple sites. You will assess and treat patients referred to the team, with supervision and guidance from Senior Therapists.

You will participate in the Staff Rotational Scheme, which involves working in a range of ward settings and outpatient departments across three sites. Current rotations include Rheumatology, Upper Limb, Elective Orthopaedics, Stroke Rehabilitation, Reablement, Complex Rehabilitation, Gerontology (acute and sub-acute inpatient), Medicine, Surgery, Critical Care, Palliative Care, Major Trauma, Orthopaedics, Accident and Emergency, Vascular, Integrated Care Board (ICB), Acute Stroke, and Early Support Discharge for Stroke in the community.

You will assist senior staff in organizing work within clinical areas and supervising Occupational Therapy Assistants, Work Experience Students, and Healthcare Cadets.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the merger of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group aims to improve patient care.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities from birth onwards.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialized regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the designated site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts several regional services, including an award-winning stroke facility.

Broadgreen Hospital offers elective surgical, diagnostic, and treatment services, along with specialist patient rehabilitation.

Liverpool Women's Hospital specializes in women's and babies' health, delivering over 7,200 babies annually in the UK's largest single-site maternity hospital.

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.