Therapy Manager - Occupational Therapist (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Team Manager - Occupational Therap[...]

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cheshire (MA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Team Manager - Occupational Therapist to lead the Orthopaedic In-patient Therapy Service. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and communication skills, with experience in managing a team and delivering high-quality patient care. This part-time position offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic and supportive environment, contributing to the development of a specialist service.

Qualifications

• Post graduate experience in an acute hospital setting.
• Experience supervising, appraising, and training staff.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management and supervision of staff.
• Ensure adherence to professional practice standards.
• Utilise specialist skills for patient assessment and treatment.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Organisational Skills

Flexibility

Education

BSc Hons in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Main area Team Manager - Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: Includes weekend working Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (This is a 7 day service, expectation that candidate will be partake in this) Job ref 370-AHP7THE-1295

Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington & Halton Hospitals Town Warrington Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/05/2025 23:59

Clinical Team Manager - Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

Are you a Band 6 or Band 7 Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to take up the role of Clinical Team Manager within the Orthopaedic In-patient Therapy Service. We are looking for a dynamic, motivated individual, with excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. You must be organised, flexible and able to empower others, with the ability to implement and drive change across the service.

Being part of the senior therapy team, the post holder will work alongside the Physiotherapy Clinical Team Manager, Clinical Leads, and the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure the safe and timely provision of therapy to support both the trauma and elective aspects of the service.

The post holder will be required to have in depth understanding and experience of working within this specialist area. Additionally, the postholder will have a comprehensive understanding of the ‘Home First’ approach to patient care, where health and care systems work together to provide a safe and timely discharge of people who no longer need to stay in hospital.

Main duties of the job

Provide day-to-day management, including supervision and development of staff, annual leave, sickness, initial handling of complaints. Ensure that standards of professional practice are adhered to from a personal and team perspective, and in accordance with the Trust’s governance framework.

Utilise highly developed specialist skills in the assessment and treatment of own caseload of patients, developing specialised programmes of care individually and/or in groups as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings.

Be able to able to prioritise and allocate within the team the clinical caseload in line with the changing and competing demands of the service.

Working for our organisation

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.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide day-to-day operational management of the service, including supervision and development of staff, and workload prioritisation and allocation within the team.

Ensure that standards of professional practice are adhered to from a personal and team perspective, and in accordance with the Trust’s governance framework.

Utilise highly developed specialist skills in the assessment and treatment of own caseload of patients, developing specialised programmes of care individually and/or in groups as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings.

Be able to able to prioritise and allocate within the team the caseload in line with the changing and competing demands of the service.

Contributes to the development of, and implementation of specialist service and related policies.

Refer to the job description for further details.

Person specification

• • BSc Hons in Occupational Therapy. • HCPC registered.
• • Post graduate experience working within an acute hospital setting and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• • In-depth knowledge and skills in the treatment and discharge facilitation of orthopaedic patients.
• • Previous experience of working at an advanced level in a similar area of work.
• • Membership of appropriate specialist interest groups
• • In-depth knowledge and skills in the treatment and discharge facilitation of orthopaedic patients.
• • Experience of supervising, appraising and training staff and students.
• • Previous experience of working at an advanced level in a similar area of work.

WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

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.