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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Term time hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
412-COMM-8232406
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Community Therapy Centre
Town
Winsford
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/09/2026 23:59

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Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand

NHS AfC: Band 7

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

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 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

Job overview

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting opportunity to work in our newly formed, forward-thinking Expert at Hand service?

Working alongside our existing Sensory Processing OT Support Service (SPOTSS), and our core OT team,  we have 2 roles available for highly motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapists in Cheshire West and Chester, focused around Early Years, Primary and Secondary / Post 16.

This is a great opportunity for a specialist OT who is passionate about enabling children and young people with complex needs to achieve the best possible outcomes within their everyday environments. Rather than delivering a traditional caseload model, you will work as a specialist consultant, providing expert advice, support, training and intervention planning to professionals, education settings, families and wider health and care partners.

As part of the Experts at Hand team, you will contribute your specialist occupational therapy expertise to support the management of complex cases across a range of settings. Working alongside colleagues from a variety of professional backgrounds, you will help build confidence, skills and capacity within the wider workforce, ensuring children and young people receive the right support at the right time.

Please be aware that while SI training to level 3 or equivalent experience is desirable, it is not essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist occupational therapy advice and consultation for children and young people, both in relation to sensory processing, functional skills and executive functioning.
 
Work collaboratively with schools, education providers, health professionals and families to support participation, inclusion and independence.
 
Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and decision-making within complex and challenging cases.
 
Support education staff to understand and implement occupational therapy strategies within the classroom and wider school environment.
 
Develop and deliver high-quality training packages, workshops and learning opportunities for schools, partner agencies and professionals.
 
Provide clinical leadership and occupational therapy expertise to colleagues across the service.
 
Support colleagues and partner organisations in problem-solving and identifying effective approaches for children and young people with highly complex presentations.
 
Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the ongoing growth of the Experts at Hand model.
 
Promote evidence-based practice and support the translation of specialist knowledge into practical approaches that can be embedded in everyday settings.

Working for our organisation

Join Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, a thriving NHS Community Services Provider

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) delivers high-quality NHS community services across Cheshire. We are a forward-thinking, dynamic organisation dedicated to continuous improvement and outstanding patient care. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, working closely with our community partners to shape the future of healthcare.

We are ambitious in our vision to become an ‘Outstanding’ provider of community services, and we are committed to supporting our colleagues’ professional development.

Our organisation is growing rapidly—over the past eight years, our workforce has expanded from 350 to over 1,000 staff, and our services have increased from 25 to 49, with our contract value doubling in the process.

As part of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, CCICP offers the benefits of both a supportive local team and the wider opportunities of a leading NHS provider.

Now is an exciting time to join us. With plans underway for the new Leighton Hospital in Crewe, we are at the forefront of innovation in healthcare. This cutting-edge hospital will be the most digitally advanced in the country, shaping the future of patient care and driving transformation across the region as part of the Healthier Futures programme.

Join us and be part of a forward-looking, compassionate, and ambitious organisation where your career can thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information around the role and the responsibilities

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post-graduate experience of working with children with SEND
  • Post-graduate experience of working with children with sensory processing issues
  • Experience of leading service development
  • Experience of community based working - including education settings
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of leading a team

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • SI training - Level 3 / equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of SEND, SEND reforms, Expert at Hand plans
  • Core OT skills to support functional skills, executive functioning

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registered
  • Access to own car
  • Post-graduate qualifications appropriate to role
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mat Southall
Job title
Community Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07824387441

If you have problems applying, contact

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