Senior Occupational Therapist | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 April 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7861691/287-AMED-106-26 |
Summary
A new and exciting position has become available to work across the Hospital to Home Therapy Team and the Department for Older People's Medicine Inpatient Therapy Team at Aintree Hospital as part of a static internal rotation.
Timing of the rotation across both specialities will coincide with the external rotations across LUHFT.
Hospital to Home Therapy Team (H2H)
The H2H team is made up of a mixture of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. The team accept referrals from the therapy inpatient teams across Aintree to carry out Discharge to Assess, Same Day/Next day follow up visits and Environmental visits in patient's own homes.
Older Peoples' Inpatient Therapy Team (DMOPS)
The DMOPS team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. The team covers 3 inpatient DMOPS wards as well as supporting an outpatient falls clinic. You will work closely with the AHP team and the wider MDT covering a DMOPS caseload, supporting patient discharges by carrying out vital OT assessments and interventions. There may also be opportunity to support falls clinic by completing post falls assessments in patients own homes.
This post is suitable for an Occupational Therapist that has experience working both in acute inpatient settings and in the community.
Providing key OT assessment and treatment plans for patients in an acute inpatient and community setting.
To carry out discharge to assess, complex follow up visits and environmental visits.
To manage designated case load with complex needs using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan implement and evaluate interventions.
Maintain records which fulfil legal requirements
To regularly supervise B5 OT's, B4 or B3 staff and OT students
To provide leadership for junior staff , through supervision and performance reviews.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of both services.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.
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.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
Providing key OT assessment and treatment plans for patients in an acute inpatient and community setting.
To carry out discharge to assess, complex follow up visits and environmental visits.
To manage desiganted case load with complex needs using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan implement and evaluate interventions.
Maintain records which fulfil legal requirements
To regularly supervise B5 OT's, B4 or B3 staff and OT students
To provide leadership for junior staff , through supervision and performance reviews.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of both services.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Apr 2026