Specialist Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Occupational Therapist who has the appropriate stroke skills and knowledge to join the Stroke Therapy team at Whiston Hospital., The successful candidates will:

• Deliver a high standard of evidence based care
• Be able to carry out complex holistic assessments
• Make prompt clinically reasoned decisions
• Participate in the discharge planning process, facilitating the patient's discharge to the most appropriate environment for their needs
• Supervise staff within the team and students on placement
  
  The successful candidate will have excellent clinical skills, be able to communicate effectively, have the ability to prioritise and demonstrate their organisational and time management skills.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to work both individually and as a member of a team. For the right candidate, we would actively consider the role being a development post. The successful candidate would remain as a band 5 while they worked towards achieving an action plan, devised to develop the clinical knowledge and leadership required to undertake the role of Specialist Occupational Therapist.,
• Have the ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing working patterns as the team work their hours across a 7 day rota, participating in late shifts (11am-7pm)
• Have a working knowledge of a broad range of conditions with proven clinical skills in this specialist area
In return for your hard work and dedication we can offer a friendly and welcoming team and all the support and continuing professional development you will need to make a difference to patients and staff. We have an innovative service of AHP's with an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves. Clinical Governance, research and audit activities are encouraged within the service. Current HCPC registration is essential

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. Our services: Acute 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:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme