Job summary
- Main area
- Community - OT
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (22.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 160-6959676-B
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Locality 2 Community Specialist Rehabilitation Team L9 7LJ
- Town
- Aintree
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist (Community)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Our Community Specialist Rehabilitation Service comprises 2 teams, which provide specialist inter-disciplinary rehabilitation to patients with complex rehabilitation needs, as part of Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN)
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Locality 2 Community Specialist Rehabilitation Team, which covers Liverpool and Sefton region. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your post-graduate experience in neurorehabilitation/complex rehabilitation in a supportive interdisciplinary community team.
Support, learning and development opportunities are available via the the service, as well as the wider CMRN and organisation. You will be supported in your role by the Lead Occupational Therapist and the wider interdisciplinary team with access to regular clinical supervision.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Abigail Hayes Lead Occupational Therapist, Locality 2 CSRT
0151 556 3277
Main duties of the job
You will work as an autonomous practitioner carrying out a range of specialist and comprehensive evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions for patients with complex rehabilitation needs in a community setting.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) and the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Evidence of relevant post graduate training relevant to complex rehabilitation
Desirable criteria
- Professional practice educator’s qualification.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working with patients with Complex Rehab needs
- Evidence of working in an NHS environment
- Able to demonstrate a range of clinical skills relevant to patients with a broad range of complex rehabilitation presentations.
- Ability to initiate and apply evidence based practice within a clinical area
- Awareness of current NHS issues and relevant frame work / quality indicators.
- Effective team player within a multidisciplinary team.
- Knowledge of current DH guidance
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community environment.
Skills & Atttributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates leadership behaviour’s and acts as a positive role model.
- High level organisational skills
- Able to manage own time within clinical and non-clinical activity and to guide others using problem solving and decision making skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to use basic IT systems, Word, Excel, and Outlook
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Abigail Hayes
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 556 3277
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