Occupational Therapist

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a part-time Occupational Therapist for a temporary 12 months contract. As part of the COPD team, you'll deliver therapy services in both hospital and community settings, helping improve patient outcomes through high-quality rehabilitation and support.

Qualifications

• Registered with Health Professions Council.
• Honours degree in Occupational Therapy required.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and community experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient and high-quality therapy service for patients.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat patients autonomously.
• Participate in pulmonary rehabilitation sessions.

Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Governance

Teamwork

Autonomous Working

Education

Honours degree in Occupational Therapy

Registration with Health Professions Council

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 01 July 2025

Part time (15 hours a week) temporary 12 months contract occupational therapist. To work as part of the COPD team in the hospital and also out in the community at sports centers for pulmonary rehabilitation and also in patients homes.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will provide an efficient and high quality therapy service for patients
• As an autonomous practitioner they will assess, diagnose and treat patients on their own case load of community patients in individual and group settings.
• Participate in pulmonary rehabilitation sessions, providing education sessions.
• Participate in Continuing Professional Development, clinical audit and in service training.
• To advise the multidisciplinary team about occupational therapy treatment.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work, working to agreed national and professional standard

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration with Health Professions Council
• Honours degree in Occupational therapy/Occupation al Therapy Diploma
• Evidence of continuing professional development including relevant attendance at postgraduate courses and conferences within the clinical speciality
• Membership of relevant special interest groups
• IT skills European Computer Driving License or equivalent
• Further Health Related Qualifications

Experience

• Evidence of experience with a broad range of general rehabilitation conditions
• Previous Community Experience
• Respiratory experience

Knowledge

• Ability to manage complex caseload
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT
• Well developed communication skills with the ability to communicate and extract complex information.
• Ability to produce clear concise written information
• Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk
• Commitment to engage in CPD
• Ability to appraise own performance
• Basic computer skills
• Knowledge of research and audit
• Awareness of relevant National guidance
• Experience of supervision of rehabilitation assistants

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum (pro rata)