Job overview

Are you a Band 6 or Band 7 Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialised Occupational Therapist within the In-patient Orthopaedic Therapy Team at Warrington and Halton Hospitals.

The successful candidate will be a confident leader with experience of working within a fast paced and dynamic clinical environment.  The successful applicant will be responsible for a personal clinical caseload of complex patients both in the elective and trauma based inpatient wards.  The postholder will also provide clinical support and supervision to the wider integrated team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants.

The post holder will be required to have in depth understanding and experience of working within this specialist area.  Additionally, the postholder will have a comprehensive understanding of the ‘Home First’ approach to patient care, where health and care systems work together to provide a safe and timely discharge of people who no longer need to stay in hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post entails day to day clinical management of patients across both the trauma and elective wards, as well as supervision, training and support to both Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants of varying grades. 

Working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and flow management within the Trust the successful candidate will be required to support the team lead in response to trust pressures and strategic objectives. 

The post will involve providing therapy assessments and interventions for a diverse patient group.  Experience of working within the NHS setting within orthopaedics is essential for the post.

The working hours for this post will be 37.5 hours per week - over 5 working days which will include a 7-day working contract and weekend rota commitment.

Based across the Trust sites for therapy services including Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG and Halton Hospital, Hospital Way, Palacefields, WA7 2DA.

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.