Senior Occupational Therapist- Unplanned Care

NHS; Wirral; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Unplanned Care Therapy Team. This role involves assessing patients, providing training, and participating in service development. Candidates must hold a relevant qualification and HCPC registration, with experience in multidisciplinary teams. Competitive salary between £38,682 and £46,580 per annum, prorated. Support for continuous professional development is also offered.

Qualifications

• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated awareness of patients' needs and the ability to provide appropriate care.
• Experience supervising junior and non-qualified staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat own caseload of patients in specialty areas.
• Provide training and development for occupational therapy staff and students.
• Participate in departmental audits, research, or service development activities.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Good communication skills

Problem-solving

Ability to supervise

Education

Graduate Diploma or BSc Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Tools

Hospital computer system

Job description

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist – Unplanned Care

The closing date is 06 October 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our Unplanned Care Therapy Team. The post holder will have the opportunity to gain experience in working across our busy A&E, Assessment areas including frailty at the front door.

There are opportunities to engage in training and development, innovative practice and service development.

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

The post may also require working with the other inpatient therapy teams to provide senior therapy support.

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

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 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 weekend, evening and Bank Holiday on-call for acute respiratory patients.
• Participates in providing 7-day services and extended working day, as required by the service. (Our service works on extended hours rotas working between 8 am and 6.30pm).

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 month.

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
• Appropriate experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist
• Core Rotations as a Band 5 Therapists in a range of core areas: Orthopaedics, Medical or Frailty Inpatients, 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 or non-qualified 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
• Knowledge and experience in hospital computer system
• 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 administrative 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

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata