Rotational Occupational Therapist

WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a motivated Occupational Therapist for a Band 5 position. The role involves rotating across multiple clinical areas, including neuro rehabilitation and trauma orthopaedics. The ideal candidate will be newly qualified or experienced, eager to contribute to a supportive team environment. Offering excellent preceptorship and training, this opportunity is ideal for those aiming to develop their skills in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Benefits

Preceptorship support

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Occupational Therapist.
• Experience in various clinical areas is advantageous.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment to patients with various conditions.
• Rotate across different clinical areas every 6 months.
• Contribute to weekend working as needed.

Skills

Motivated

Enthusiastic

Teamwork

Autonomy

Education

Qualification in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Are you a soon to be qualified, newly qualified or an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to work within a supportive, friendly, and dynamic therapy team delivering Occupational Therapy across a wide variety of rotations? Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Band 5 rotations. The successful candidate will join our very supportive therapy teams across various inpatient and outpatient clinical areas and rotate every 6 months across a wide range of areas including:

• Rapid Response team (emergency department and acute admission areas)
• Acute medical including our award-winning dementia unit
• Neuro rehabilitation inpatients
• Trauma & Orthopaedics (including Paediatrics) inpatients
• General Surgery rehabilitation inpatients
• Neuro rehabilitation Outpatients
• Musculoskeletal Occupational Therapy Outpatients
• Intermediate Care & Frailty Service

Our teams are lively, friendly, dynamic and are keen to offer the best possible service to our patients. This role would be an excellent opportunity for qualified Occupational therapists looking to gain experience in a variety of core clinical areas. We offer preceptorship support and training opportunities to enable you to develop your career. As a Therapy service, we are big enough to provide you with varied experience and small enough to care., To work as an autonomous Occupational therapist to provide assessment and treatment to patients presenting with a range of conditions. To work in a range of settings within the hospital or community. To contribute to weekend working. To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all treatment equipment, patient appliances and aids.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn. Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs. Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs. A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019. Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.