Senior Occupational Therapist

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are a city-wide service providing support to young people aged 0-18 years. Whilst previous experience in paediatrics would be a bonus, it isn't essential this is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your skills. You will enjoy assessing and treating a varied caseload in a wide range of community settings such as schools, nurseries, clinics and home environments. You will be expected to manage your own caseload and will be provided with training and supervision to enable this. Staff members are encouraged to attend post graduate training. We aim to ensure every member of the team is fulfilled in their role and there will be opportunities to work on service development projects.


Car owner/driver is essential and a valid work permit is essential.


To carry out the Occupational Therapy intervention for children/young people with a variety of clinical needs with an appropriate level of guidance and within agreed parameters of practice.
To ensure a high standard of care for each child, working with all disciplines and agencies involved with the family. To communicate with these agencies, parents and children in an appropriate manner, often with sensitive information regarding diagnosis and outcomes.
To undertake training to learn the skills specific to children and young people's Occupational Therapy
To provide an Occupational Therapy service to children developing effective treatment plans ensuring their implementation to reduce the impact of disability to the child's daily life.
To manage a clinical caseload working independently with supervision to a high professional standard, consulting senior staff for assistance, advice and support.
To work flexibly, assisting and supporting senior staff in providing Occupational Therapy to children/young people with complex needs in other specialised areas.
To carry out holistic and functional assessment of children/young people with a variety of conditions through gathering information, using clinical observations and assessment tools in conjunction with analysis skills.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of 2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.


Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.


We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.


At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Car owner /driver

1 year post graduation experience of working as a qualified OT


Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Gorton clinic

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