Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will be part of a rotational community and inpatient band 5 program, working times/days may vary between rotations.Part of urgent care response rota once competencies achieved. may require 7 day a week working. .)
- Job ref
- 412-COMM-8352773
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alsager Medical Centre
- Town
- Alsager
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?
Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future-facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.
We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.
Find out more about CCICP: Community Services (CCICP): Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Don’t just take our word for it…
Our Annual Staff Survey results say
· Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work
· 90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other
· 88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority
· Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career
· If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided
We are recognised nationally
· With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team
· Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards.
· Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK
· Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West
Job overview
We are looking for motivated Band 5 Occupational therapist to join our dedicated team here at CCICP and MCHT.
We have a fantastic team of highly skilled occupational and physiotherapists and look forward to welcoming you to our team. We have opportunities for education and development across the five care communities based in Nantwich, Sandbach, Crewe, Winsford and Northwich and within the inpatient and outpatient settings at MCHT and within the wider rotational program . We offer a supportive induction, supervision and mentorship programme.
The occupational therapist will work with a wide range of client groups across the rotations including those with complex and/or multiple needs. They will be working closely with the MDT and provide supervision to the less experienced therapy staff and assistants. There is an expectation to work between multiple sites in the organisation.
The occupational therapist may be expected to join the 7-day, service and will be lone working within lone working policy.
The rotational program may require hours/days worked to vary between rotations.
Main duties of the job
There is a varied caseload across the rotations and you will need to demonstrate knowledge, experience, and relevant clinical skills with patients with acute, complex / long term conditions, falls, orthopaedics, general mobility problems and neurological conditions, discharge planning and facilitation and hospital admission avoidance.
The successful candidate will work as a member of our multidisciplinary team including acute ward staff, outpatient staff, District Nurses, Advance Nurse Practitioners, Complex Case Practitioners, MacMillan Nurses.
There will be associated administrative duties and you will need to be computer literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft packages and have accurate keyboard skills. Our team utilises digital technology to support remote working and accommodate a flexible working approach where possible and is supported to do this with access to a laptop and mobile phone.
The candidate will need to have experience of working in the NHS either as a student or qualified occupational therapist.
There may be a requirement to join the urgent care response rota once competencies have been gained, with the full support of the senior Physiotherapists or Occupational therapists.
You are required to be a car driver and have access to your own vehicle.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Purpose - To undertake assessment of patients , developing your skills and knowledge within a supportive environment. To work as an autonomous clinician, under the guidance of Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists or Occupational therapists as required, using accurate analytical skills and clinical reasoning to interpret assessment findings, making diagnoses where appropriate, identifying patient problems, setting goals, and providing an appropriate treatment plan and progression.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level OT qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous NHS Experience either as student or qualified
Desirable criteria
- Broad range of clinical experience as a student or qualified in NHS settings
- Knowledge of assessment tools and interventions.
- community experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective communication
- Ability to prioritise caseload
- Full UK driver's license and access to car for work purposes.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of independent and team working
- Ability to reflect on practise
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess variety of clinical conditions
- Ability to demonstrate appropriate documentation skills and maintain appropriate clinical records
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage own caseload
- Ability to demonstrate good time management skills
Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC
Desirable criteria
- RCOT
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Griffiths
- Job title
- SMASH Therapy Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270278440
- Additional information
Catherine Jones SMASH Therapy leader
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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