Senior Occupational Therapist | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2025 |
| Location: | Wirral, CH49 5PE |
| Company: | Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7366943/408-25-694 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Therapies Department in the dynamic 1st floor (orthopaedic) team as a full time Occupational Therapist (Band 6). The team covers both Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge General Hospitals working across elective and emergency orthopaedic surgery and our regional elective surgical hub working closely with our multidisciplinary teams.
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to come and join us and can support flexible working requests. The team has an office base on each site, and assessment space available to them.
The post holder will have the opportunity to gain experience in working across our busy Surgical and Orthopaedic wards. This is an exciting opportunity to join our senior occupational therapy team looking to provide opportunities to develop band 6 skills across a number of clinical settings.
There are opportunities to engage in training and development, innovative practice and service development.
You will have professional support for your CPD from the Clinical Lead OT (Band 7) and support other Senior Occupational Therapists. The team is a mix of OTs and physios with support from assistants to focus on patient centred care as part of the wider MDT.
The post may also require working with the other inpatient therapy teams to provide senior therapy support.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Senior Occupational Therapist position available at WUTH.
If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Sep 2025
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