Senior Occupational Therapist- Surgery

Wirral, England, United Kingdom

8/6/2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our in-patient therapy teams covering surgical areas and working alongside the respiratory team. The post holder will have the opportunity to gain experience in this specific area . The team have a therapy office shared between physio and OT, which supports blended working. Ensuring Wirral patients are in the right place at the right time is supported by Home First.

There are opportunities to engage in training and development, innovative practice and service development. There will be opportunities to develop skills within critical care.

You will have professional support for your CPD from Therapy Team and Clinical Leader and support from Senior Occupational Therapists from other specialities as required. The services also support student training and apprenticeships enabling you to contribute to the future of the profession.

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic candidates to come and join our friendly teams.

• Assesses and treats own caseload of patients / clients in a speciality and maintains associated records.
• To have a responsibility for Training & Development of occupational therapy staff, students and other staff groups in this speciality.
• Supervise less experienced occupational therapists, assistants, apprentices and students.
• Participates as a member of the therapy team and the MDT within a specified clinical area.
• Has a responsibility re-own CPD and other developmental activities.
• Involvement in identifying and carrying out departmental audit, research or service development activity.
• Participates in providing 7-day services and extended working day, as required by the service. (Some of our services work on extended hours rotas working between 8 am and 8pm.)
  
  

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christine Irvin Job title: Clinical Lead - Medical and Surgical Team Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0151 604 7059

Alterative Contact

Lucinda Rowlands - Clinical lead respiratory team [email protected]

0151 6785111 ext 2389