• Job Description

  Req#: C9370-AHP5THE-1657?language=en&page=241&sort=publicationDateDes

  Job summary

  Are you a soon to be qualified, newly qualified or an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to work within a supportive, friendly, and dynamic therapy team delivering Occupational Therapy across a wide variety of rotations?

  Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Band 5 rotations. The successful candidate will join our very supportive therapy teams across various inpatient and outpatient clinical areas and rotate every 6 months across a wide range of areas including:

  • Rapid Response team (emergency department and acute admission areas)
  • Acute medical including our award-winning dementia unit,
  • Neuro rehabilitation inpatients,
  • Trauma & Orthopaedics (including Paediatrics) inpatients,
  • General Surgery rehabilitation inpatients,
  • Neuro rehabilitation Outpatients
  • Musculoskeletal Occupational Therapy Outpatients
  • Intermediate Care & Frailty Service

  Our teams are lively, friendly, dynamic and are keen to offer the best possible service to our patients. This role would be an excellent opportunity for qualified Occupational therapists looking to gain experience in a variety of core clinical areas. We offer preceptorship support and training opportunities to enable you to develop your career. As a Therapy service, we are big enough to provide you with varied experience and small enough to care.

  Main duties of the job

  To work as an autonomous Occupational therapist to provide assessment and treatment to patients presenting with a range of conditions.

  To work in a range of settings within the hospital or community.

  To contribute to weekend working.

  To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all treatment equipment, patient appliances and aids.

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  16 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  370-AHP5THE-1657

  Job locations

  Warrington and Halton Hospitals

  Lovely Lane

  Warrington

  WA51QG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous experience in broadly similar areas of work

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working as a band 5 OT in NHS

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSC hons in Occupational Therapy or equivalent

  Desirable

  • oAttendance at nationally recognized courses or other evidence of advancing knowledge

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good communication skills

  Desirable

  • Car driver with full UK license

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous experience in broadly similar areas of work

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working as a band 5 OT in NHS

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSC hons in Occupational Therapy or equivalent

  Desirable

  • oAttendance at nationally recognized courses or other evidence of advancing knowledge

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good communication skills

  Desirable

  • Car driver with full UK license

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

  Address

  Warrington and Halton Hospitals

  Lovely Lane

  Warrington

  WA51QG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

  Address

  Warrington and Halton Hospitals

  Lovely Lane

  Warrington

  WA51QG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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