Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Term time hours
- 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
Employer heading
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
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
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
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
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
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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