Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

Due to retirement an exciting opportunity has come up for a Qualified band 4 Assistant Practitioner or Trainee Assistant Practitioners who has commenced their training and due to qualify.

We want this Band 4 Assistant Practitioner to be part of the Hand Therapy Team based at Halton. We are looking for a well organised individual with a passion for promoting recovery and independence.

We are on an exciting journey to transform the Hand Therapy service within the Trust and have brought the teams on each site into a unified integrated team. We are excited to welcome you to join our friendly team where you will have the opportunity to provide a service in the following areas:

• Assessment of hand conditions
• Provision of therapy and splints
• Run Hand Therapy groups
• Administration tasks such as ordering stock
• Some housekeeping duties

You will work as part of a small multidisciplinary team that includes: Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants and Administrators.

The Service operates a Monday to Friday service, currently covering the hours of 8.30 - 4.30, not including bank holidays and weekends. You will be expected to work your hours across three of those days.

Main duties of the job

Our patients are at the heart of everything we do! We look for people who are committed to being part of a team that delivers excellent care and support to our patients.

As a Band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner, you will be based on the Halton site to provide Occupational Therapy interventions in an outpatient setting. You will receive competency-based training in Occupational Therapy. Following this you will continue to receive support from our Therapy teams to enable you to deliver high quality therapy interventions to the best of your ability.

The successful applicant will have previous experience working in a healthcare environment and must be a good team worker, flexible, empathetic, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with patients, carers, and other members of the multi-disciplinary teams.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.