Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; Presencial; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic Occupational Therapists to join a Band 6 rotation programme across major trauma, A&E, stroke pathways and rehab. You will join a highly skilled team delivering innovative, patient-centered care to adults with complex needs.

The post requires excellent communication, leadership of junior staff, and the ability to contribute to service development with supervision from senior colleagues. Ongoing CPD is supported.

Qualificações

• Flexible and able to adapt to evolving service needs.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to keep accurate, legible patient notes.
• Ability to manage workload, prioritise tasks and delegate when required.

Responsabilidades

• This post will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• The job description may be revised to meet changing service needs after consultation with the post holder.

Conhecimentos

Flexible and open to change

Time management

Communication skills

Documentation accuracy

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job summary

Are you passionate about patient care and are looking for a new and exciting challenge? Come and join our innovative, supportive and highly skilled Occupational Therapy Team at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust!
We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join our Band 6 rotation programme. LUHFT has experienced and highly skilled Therapists working in a wide range of areas and this post will include working in specialities such as:

• Major Trauma
• First Response
• A&E
• Stroke pathway (hyperacute, rehab, ESD)
• Reablement
• Complex Rehabilitation
• Critical care
• General acute inpatients
• Outpatients

Main duties of the job

We wish to recruit an experienced clinician who has a clear understanding of the developing role of Occupational Therapy within integrated therapy services, and the ability to support leadership of a team which delivers innovative, responsive services to meet both the needs of patients and the organisation. The post holder will have clinical experience working with adults with complex presentations, in particular older people with multiple co-morbidity.
The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work as an effective member of the wider team as well as with other external agencies. You will be required to participate or lead on service review in order to identify service development needs and support the band 7 in delivering this while meeting clinical service demands.
We have regular team meetings and are committed to continuing professional development. We have a clear supervision structure and advice is available from our highly skilled Band 7s and 8as within the departments.
Band 6 employees are required to supervise Band 5 and assistant staff, and deputise for clinical team leads.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Flexible and open to change

Skills

Essential

• Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes