Job vacancy: Occupational Therapist - Stroke Rehabilitation, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Crewe

Job summary

Main area: Occupational Therapy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 412-COMM-7791758

Employer: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Infinity House
Town: Crewe
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/03/2026 23:59

Occupational Therapist - Stroke Rehabilitation

Band 6

Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future-facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.

We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.

Find out more about CCICP: Community Services (CCICP): Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Here more from our people on the ‘Community Conversations’ podcast: Community Conversations Podcast | Podcast on Spotify

Don’t just take our word for it…

Our Annual Staff Survey results say

· Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work

· 90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other

· 88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority

· Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career

· If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided

We are recognised nationally

· With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team

· Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards.

· Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK

· Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

To work autonomously to mange a defined complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical settings, which may include discharge to assess beds, care homes and the patient’s home.

To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients, contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

To utilise advanced communication skills to ensure clinical advice and treatment programmes are delivered sensitively, taking into consideration the needs of carers.

To gain consent for treatment and motivate patients to comply with treatment programmes, overcoming barriers such as dementia, cognitive impairment, hearing, visual or speech impairment.
To comply with the Mental Capacity Act to gain valid and informed consent to specific treatment and intervention for patients who lack capacity to consent themselves.
To implement specialist individual and/or group interventions for patients with diverse presentations and complex needs.

To monitor progress and review treatment plans and interventions to facilitate the achievement of goals.

To provide appropriate oral and written information for patients and carers where relevant.

To develop and maintain good working relationships with other healthcare professions, social care and other appropriate agencies, to ensure integrated and high quality patient outcomes.

To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to decisions with regard to patient care programmes through attendance at ward rounds, case conferences and other multidisciplinary meetings.

To maintain accurate documentation in line with professional standards, and local policies and procedures.

To provide accurate and timely written information and reports to referring agents and other agencies where appropriate.

To record and submit clinical activity data as required by the Trust in an accurate and timely manner.

To ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients from the caseload, liaising with other agencies as required.

To be responsible for safe and competent use of equipment including the provision of support, education and training to other staff, patients and carers as required.

To identify appropriate equipment and adaptation needs, liaising with equipment providers, completing paperwork and complying with any tracking, stock control and maintenance systems as required.

To be an active member of an evening and weekend on-call rota or rostered service, dependant on service need.

To prescribe borderline substances as agreed with the medicines management committee, dependant on service need.

Education and training

To plan, deliver and evaluate formal and informal training to other health care professional staff groups, patients and carers, across a range of settings.

To supervise junior staff and assistants, including the implementation of induction and competency training programmes to develop clinical skills.

To plan and deliver designated induction and training programmes to meet the requirements of the Trust and student placements.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of the students, providing timely verbal and written feedback.

To undertake health promotion activities across organisational boundaries.

To contribute to in-service training and peer review meetings as required.

Leadership

To manage a specialist case load, demonstrating appropriate time management and organisation skills.

To contribute to effective day to day organisation and provision of service, including the coordination of junior staff and assistants to meet service priorities.

To provide clinical leadership and support to junior staff and assistants, through case supervision, and the development and monitoring of competencies.

To undertake the appraisal of junior staff and assistants as appropriate.

To contribute to the recruitment of new junior and assistant staff including the planning and delivery of the induction programme

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent in Occuaptional Therapy
Post Graduate training relevant to area

Experience

Essential criteria

NHS experience as band 5

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills

Registration

Essential criteria

HCPC registration

We offer enviable benefits* which include:

- Recognition: monthly ‘Because You Matter’ awards, with an annual awards celebration. CCICP Star of the Month acknowledgements

- Flexible working, tailored to the service, role and individual

- Training and development opportunities

- Mentoring and coaching

- Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidays. Increasing with length of service. Option to buy / sell annual leave.

- Fast track physiotherapy access

- Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption leave pay

- Sick pay

- Access to free counselling service 24/7

- Carers leave

- Free Flu and Covid Vaccinations

- Discounted complimentary therapies

- Access to hundreds of staff discounts nationally and locally

- Cycle to work scheme

- Long service awards for all NHS service

KEY MESSAGES

· Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.

· All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.

· Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

· Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence, which means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the role meets the UK Government requirements for sponsorship. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the skill level and the minimum salary threshold (usually £38,700 per year for Skilled Worker or £23,200 for Health Care Worker Visa). You can find more information on the Government website.

· Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.

· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.

· Please provide a contact email address for referees when you submit your application. We will not request any references until after you have been made a formal job offer.

· You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.

· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.

· Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions

Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application

Key Messages

Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. Candidates that require sponsorship to work in the UK are strongly advised to check the Government website for up to date and job specific information. The salary threshold for sponsorship is £25,000 for Health and Care Visas and £41,700 (with limited exceptions) for Skilled Worker visas. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet these immigration rules.'

Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process and we'll be happy to discuss this with you.

We actively promote flexible working so please discuss any requirements you may have with us.

Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

· All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account. Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

· Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.

· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.

· You are required to pay for a DBS disclosure where the post requires one, and we encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.

· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.

· Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Victoria Spencer-Sloan
Job title: Community Operational Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01606 564134

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone: [email protected]

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Band 6

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