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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Term time hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
412-COMM-8232423
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Community Therapy Centre
Town
Winsford
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/09/2026 23:59

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Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand

NHS AfC: 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

Job overview

 

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to develop your specialist skills and make a wider impact for children and young people?

We are seeking 4 motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our innovative Experts at Hand multidisciplinary team in Cheshire West and Chester!

This is an exciting opportunity to work differently, moving beyond a traditional caseload model to provide consultation, advice, training and targeted support for children and young people with complex needs. Working as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will use your occupational therapy expertise to support professionals, educational settings, families and wider partner agencies to develop effective strategies that improve participation, independence and outcomes.

As part of the Experts at Hand team, you will work closely with colleagues from health, education and social care to support complex cases, share specialist knowledge and help build capacity within the wider workforce.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within Experts at Hand, you will:

  • Provide occupational therapy consultation and advice for children and young people with a range of developmental, sensory, physical and neurodevelopmental needs.
  • Work in partnership with schools, colleges and educational settings to identify practical strategies that support participation, learning and independence.
  • Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions around children and young people with complex presentations.
  • Support the assessment, planning and implementation of occupational therapy recommendations within educational and community settings.
  • Assist in the development and delivery of training, workshops and learning opportunities for education staff, families and professionals.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues across health, education and social care to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
  • Support the implementation of evidence-based practice and contribute to service development initiatives.
  • Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to audit, quality improvement and governance activities.
  • Promote a strengths-based, person-centred approach that empowers children, young people and those who support them.

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

For more detail around the main roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Community working ideally with experience of working in education settings
  • MDT Working
  • Working with children with SEND
  • Extensive post-graduate experience working with children
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with sensory processing

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Extensive knowledge of Paeds OT - functional skills and executive functioning
  • Knowledge and understanding of sensory processing issues and impacts
  • Skills to work with children with functional skills / exec functioning issues
  • Knowledge of SEND, SEND Reforms and Expert at Hand agenda

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registered
  • Driving licence with own car
  • Relevant post-graduate qualifications

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.

Documents to download

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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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