Senior Occupational Therapist

Are you passionate about patient care and are looking for a new and exciting challenge? Come and join our innovative, supportive and highly skilled Occupational Therapy Team at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust!

We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join our teams of highly skilled therapists Broadgreen Hospital. LUHFT has experienced and highly skilled Therapists working in a wide range of areas and this post will include rotations covering Gerontology inpatients, Reablement and Department of Medicine for Older Persons and Stroke Outpatients. There will also be the opportunity to complete a rotation on the Frailty Unit at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Some of these teams provide a service over seven days a week.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, patient-centred care. Working with the MDT, you will have a key role in promoting recovery through specialist assessment, reasoning and intervention. Skills in risk assessment and problem solving are essential to manage complex discharges, efficient flow and to prevent hospital related deconditioning.

This opportunity is open to both existing Band 6s and experienced Band 5s who are keen to develop into a band 6 role via a training route if appropriate (Annex 21).

Main duties of the job

The role will involve:

Managing a defined caseload - specialist assessment and intervention to facilitate physical and cognitive rehabilitation and reablement.

Discharge planning - prescription and provision of equipment, liaison with external agencies

Participation in CPD activity

Teaching and supervision of more junior colleagues and OT students

Supporting the leadership team in the day to day running of services

We are committed to staff development and training. You will have peer support, access to regular supervision and support from Team Leaders and Clinical Specialists.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.