Occupational Therapist - Rotational

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist.

We offer unique rotations through the North West Spinal Injury Unit, Stroke Therapy, Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics including post-operative rehabilitation, Medicine & Surgery, A&E and opportunity to experience our Discharge to Assess bed base. You will have opportunity to work across both Southport and Ormskirk Hospital sites.

We are passionate about service development and quality improvement, therefore we ensure to provide learning opportunities through a comprehensive preceptorship pathway, in-service training, regular supervision, peer support and networking opportunities.

We work closely within our multi-disciplinary teams to strive for excellent patient centred care. We are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic and wishes to join a friendly, and supportive therapy service. If you believe you have the skills that we are looking for and are ready for a positive challenge, then we would love to hear from you., Within your role you will have opportunities and responsibilities for;

Providingan Occupational Therapy service to in patients and out patients at Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

Managing your own clinical caseload under the supervision of highly skilled senior therapists.

Developing your leadership skills through the delegation of duties and support to colleagues and students.

Developing your assessment, treatment and evaluation skills in line with evidence based practice with a range of patients within specialty areas

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme