Job summary
A new and exciting position has become available to work in the Department of Medicine for Older Peoples Therapy Service (DMOPS) at Aintree Hospital and in the Aintree Hospital to Home Service as part of an internal static rotation.
This Band 6 post would provide you with opportunity to work both on the Older people's inpatient wards, in a Falls outpatient setting and expanding your skills into the community by working in the Hospital to Home Service. The internal static position would alternate every 9 months (in line with band 6 OT rotations) from DMOPS inpatients (including falls clinic) and Hospital to Home community working.
This unique opportunity would allow you to develop your skills in an inpatient , outpatient and community setting.
The DMOPS Therapy Team cover 3 inpatient wards including a ward that specialises in Parkinsons Disease.
Main duties of the job
To support the DMOPS Service by providing key OT assessment and treatment plans for patients on the DMOPS wards.
To manage a complex caseload on acute DMOPS wards.
To support the Falls Outpatient service by providing vital OT assessments and intervention in people's own environment.
To complete Discharge to Assess visits, complex follow up visits and Environmental visits in patients own environments to support discharge from the acute hospital.
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 superise OT students
To provide leadership for junior staff , through supervision and performance reviews.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.
About us
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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is 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 their careers page.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a senior member of the team you will be given repsonsibility to support the leadership of the DMOPS therapy team, supervise junior staff and help devise and teach inservice trainings. You will also have opportunity to work alongside Physiotherapists in an Outpatient Falls Clinic completing visits in the community to help reduce further falls occuring.
The team are passionate about providing the highest quality of care they can to the older population, holding high importance in upskilling staff to gain the knowledge they need, ensuring that staff are trained in areas such as Dementia, Parkinsons, Falls amongst others.
Therapy Staff work closely with Geriatricians and the rest of the MDT ensuring that the best care for the older population in an acute environment is provided.
The Aintree Hospital to Home team are a based in Aintree hospital but provide OT assessment and intervention for patients in their own environments once discharged from the Aintree inpatient bed base. The team are made up of Physiotherapists , Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support staff. It is preferable that you can drive in order to support patients from Hospital to Home as many visits are completed via a discharge to assess pathway with use of a trust vehicle. As one of the senior members of the team you would lead on discharge to assess visits, complex follow up visits and environmental visits to support patients to function well in their own environments. You would also supervise junior staff and support OT students.
Please see separate Job Description attached and main duties stipulated above for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a senior member of the team you will be given repsonsibility to support the leadership of the DMOPS therapy team, supervise junior staff and help devise and teach inservice trainings. You will also have opportunity to work alongside Physiotherapists in an Outpatient Falls Clinic completing visits in the community to help reduce further falls occuring.
The team are passionate about providing the highest quality of care they can to the older population, holding high importance in upskilling staff to gain the knowledge they need, ensuring that staff are trained in areas such as Dementia, Parkinsons, Falls amongst others.
Therapy Staff work closely with Geriatricians and the rest of the MDT ensuring that the best care for the older population in an acute environment is provided.
The Aintree Hospital to Home team are a based in Aintree hospital but provide OT assessment and intervention for patients in their own environments once discharged from the Aintree inpatient bed base. The team are made up of Physiotherapists , Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support staff. It is preferable that you can drive in order to support patients from Hospital to Home as many visits are completed via a discharge to assess pathway with use of a trust vehicle. As one of the senior members of the team you would lead on discharge to assess visits, complex follow up visits and environmental visits to support patients to function well in their own environments. You would also supervise junior staff and support OT students.
Please see separate Job Description attached and main duties stipulated above for further information.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
- Teaching / Presentations at In - Service level
- Able to evaluate and be critical of self
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Member of Special Interest group
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
- Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants.
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
- Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
Other
Essential
- Flexible and open to change
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
- Teaching / Presentations at In - Service level
- Able to evaluate and be critical of self
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Member of Special Interest group
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
- Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants.
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
- Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
Other
Essential
- Flexible and open to change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
