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Job overview

Are you a Band 5 or Band 6 Occupational Therapist with a passion for improving care for respiratory and surgical patients?  Are you eager to be involved in shaping how this care is delivered?

If so, we are looking for an experienced, motivated, and dynamic Occupational Therapist who will work across the in-patient surgical and respiratory wards including Intensive Care.

This post would be suitable for an Occupational Therapist who has a passion for working with Surgical and Respiratory Specialities and enjoys working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team and be able to demonstrate a desire to actively participate in all aspects of this specialist role.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will manage a caseload, working across the surgical and respiratory wards, including the acute respiratory unit and gastroenterology wards.

Collaborative working is key to the role, as the postholder will be working closely with Physiotherapists, the wider MDT and external community services.

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational skills, flexibility and time management skills in order to work within the demands of a busy service.

The successful post holder will be expected to provide supervision and support to junior members of the team and engage actively in quality improvement initiatives, service development and professional and personal development.

The working hours for this post will be 37.5 hours over 5 days Mondays to Fridays. In the future it will include supporting seven day working.

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.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.