Senior Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Wirral; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the Wirral seeks a Senior Occupational Therapist to join their in-patient therapy team. The role includes treating patients, supervising staff, and participating in service development. Applicants should have an HCPC registration and relevant experience in various therapy areas. The position offers a salary range of £37,338 to £44,962 per annum pro rata, with professional support for continued development.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with relevant qualifications.
• Experience in core areas like Orthopaedics and Neurological Rehabilitation.
• Ability to supervise students and junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients in a specialty.
• Supervise and train occupational therapy staff and students.
• Participate in departmental audits and service development.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Teamwork

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Graduate Diploma or BSc Occupational Therapy

Tools

Computer skills

Job description

Go back Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 19 August 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior (band 6) Occupational Therapist to join our in-patient therapy team. The team has a therapy office, shared between physio, OT and therapy assistants, which enables blended working.

The team are integral to the Trusts' Get Dressed, Get Moving campaign and promote the actions of the Deconditioning Steering Group.

The therapy service supports Wirral residents being in the right place, at the right time, utilising the community based Home First service and other rehabilitation services available.

There are opportunities to engage in training and development, innovative practice and service development and innovation. The service also support student training and apprenticeships enabling you to contribute to the future of the profession.

You will have professional support for your CPD from Band 7 Therapy Clinical Leads and support from Senior Occupational Therapists from other specialities as required.

We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to come and join our friendly team.

Main duties of the job

- Assesses and treats own caseload of patients / clients in a speciality and maintains associated records.- To have a responsibility for Training & Development of occupational therapy staff, students and other staff groups in this speciality. Supervise less experienced occupational therapists, assistants, apprentices 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 rotas working between 8 am and 8pm.)

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.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description for further information about the Senior Occupational Therapist position available with WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have an enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 months.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

• Graduate Diploma or BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC (or student Occupational Therapist with qualification pending)
• HCPC registration
• Active collection of relevant CPD in portfolio
• Appropriate experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist
• Core Rotations as an Occupational Therapist in a range of core areas: o Orthopaedics o Medical or Frailty Inpatients o Neurological Rehabilitation
• Experience working as part of multidisciplinary team
• Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists or similar
• High level of clinical reasoning with excellent theoretical knowledge underpinning practice
• Demonstrate a good awareness of needs of patient and appropriate action to take
• Demonstrate awareness of the roles of others in providing patient care and ability to work as an effective team member
• Experience supervising junior, students, apprentices or non-registered staff

Knowledge and Skills

• Basic computer skills
• Well developed theoretical knowledge under pinning Occupational Therapy practice
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good analytical, problem solving and clinical reasoning skills
• Ability to communicate within difficult circumstances and demonstrate empathetic approach to patients
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), analytical, problem solving skills and clinical reasoning
• Understanding of national issues and relating them to own clinical practice

Personal Attributes

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in order to support others and needs of the service.
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to show initiative but understanding when to refer to trained staff.
• Ability to organise own workload and administrational procedures

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.

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata