Occupational Therapist

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only dedicated Neuroscience Trust in the UK and is a Major Trauma Centre. The award winning Cheshire & Merseyside Rehabilitation Network(CMRN) is hosted by The Walton Centre providing a hub and spoke pathway of rehabilitation across the region ensuring patients have access to the very best care for optimum recovery at the earliest opportunity.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Walton Centre Therapies service as a member of the highly specialist complex rehabilitation team. Working within a specialist inpatient unit the team provides specialist care for patients following traumatic injury and illness .,, To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and rehabilitation for patients who have complex presentation.

Carry a complex caseload

To support the Rehabilitation pathway and to liaise with the Hub, Spokes and Extended Rehabilitation to facilitate a seamless discharge for patients from the Network inpatient facilities.

We require a suitably experienced, well motivated and dynamic occupational therapist who is able to demonstrate a range Occupational Therapy skills to join our team. Working within an established multi-professional team you will gain excellent specialist experience within the field of Neuroscience, major trauma and rehabilitation., An effective team player, with excellent organisational skills with an interest in audit and research and a commitment to continuing professional development and will provide training and supervision to junior staff and undergraduate/pre-registration students.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do.

As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.