Occupational Therapist

We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join #TeamMWL, with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations.

Whatever you’re looking for in your career, you’ll find it here at MWL.

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Occupational Therapist – Band 5

Fixed Term till end of January 2027 – Rotational post

Full time post

Do you want to work for an outstanding NHS Trust? Are you an enthusiastic, hardworking, motivated Occupational Therapist with excellent clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills?

If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join our rotational carousel at Whiston and St Helens Hospital sites & St Helens Community intermediate care offering rotations working across the acute and community services including:

Integrated Stroke Services Frailty Intervention Therapy Team

Medicine for Older People Acute Medicine

Critical Care and Surgery Trauma and Orthopaedics

Burns and Plastics Seddon Rehab Unit

Inpatient Intermediate Care Services Community Intermediate Care

Admission Avoidance Therapy Team

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The successful candidate will:

· Deliver high standard evidence based care

· Perform therapy assessments of patients, providing a diagnosis to develop and deliver an individually tailored treatment programme

· Hold responsibility for their own caseload, working under supervision

A flexible approach to day to day tasks is essential, in order to meet the demands of the service especially as the majority of our services work over 7 days per week. Applicants will be expected to travel between our three hospital sites and when necessary, participate in providing outreach services.

Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for people who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

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. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

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