Senior Wheelchair Therapist

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Job summary

A leading NHS trust is looking for a Senior Wheelchair Therapist to join their outpatient service in Nottingham. The role entails assessing and providing wheelchairs and support for patients with mobility impairments. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll support diverse patient needs and develop your career in a supportive environment committed to professional growth.

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration required.
• Experience working with various patient conditions in acute or community settings.
• Experience in wheelchair equipment provision.

Responsibilities

• Assess and prescribe wheelchairs and seating systems.
• Work with both children and adults, including home visits.
• Engage in phone triage for patients with complex needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Manual therapy skills

Education

BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

Job description

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site City Campus - Mobility Centre Town Nottingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59

Senior Wheelchair Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Band 6 Occupational Therapist permanent post with the Nottingham Wheelchair Service, based at the Mobility centre on the City campus at NUH.

We are an outpatient service and see patients in clinic, in their own homes, schools, places of work, nursing homes, care homes and supported living accommodation.

You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team that comprises of Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Engineers, Rehabilitation Technicians and administration staff.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to full job description and person specification.

You need excellent communication skills to facilitate close working relationships within the Wheelchair Service and with other multi-disciplinary colleagues in NUH, Social Care, GP and community nursing teams; including Tissue Viability Nurses.

Our service provides for both children and adults , so we see patients from 3months of age to end of life, who present with a wide variety of conditions that cause long term impairment of their mobility.

You will be assessing for and prescribing wheelchairs, seating systems, pressure distribution cushions and postural support products.

You will work face to face and engage in phone triage which involves either prescribing basic equipment or adding those patients with more complex needs to the clinic/visit waiting lists.

You will support other grades of staff and students on placement.

You will support permanent staff to deliver training to OT students on placement at NUH, preceptees and other specialist teams within NUH and local Social care settings who are regularly refer into the service.

This job is very hands on and involves daily moving and handling of patients and equipment using a variety of transfer methods in a variety of settings.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification which is attached to this advertisement. If there are any further questions, please approach the contact for the role.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration

Experience

• Experience working with wide variety of patients in either acute or community setting
• Experience working with users who require a permanent wheelchair
• Experience in wheelchair equipment provision

Communication & Relationship Skills

• Ability to communication complex information in writing or verbally
• Ability to constructively challenge others and formulate resolutions in conflict situations

Analytical & Judgement

• • Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options
• Experience of performance management

Planning & Organisational

• Ability to prioritise own and others workload

Physical

• Evidence of manual therapy skills
• Demonstrate ICT literacy
• Capacity to carry out treatment handling skills

Other

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.