Closing date: 17 July 2026

Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and progressive Outpatient team, with amazing opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills within a friendly, supportive team. The successful candidate will join our established outpatient hand therapy service, providing musculoskeletal and rheumatology assessment, advice and treatment to patients referred by Trauma, Orthopaedic, Rheumatology, GP's, AHP's, FCP's and ED Advanced practitioners. We have excellent communication with the consultants and other members of the MDT.

This post holder will be responsible for delivering trauma and orthopaedic Occupational Therapy services with some overlap into rheumatology. The post will require you to work across both sites.

To arrange an informal chat or visit please contact: Anne Harrison anne.harrison10@nhs.net 01925 66 2725 or Jessica Price jessica.price9@nhs.net 01925 27 5232

Main duties of the job
Ideally, you will have experience working within the field of hand therapy and management of complex chronic conditions, and be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and skills within these areas, although a training post would be considered for band 5's wishing to branch out into a speciality team and service.

The duties of the candidate will be, provide assessments, advice, and treatment for your own case load. Therefore, you would be expected to have skills and knowledge in assessment and treatment planning, bespoke and orthotic splint provision, and other treatment modalities in line with current national guidelines for hand therapy.

You will be required to provide supervision and undertake leadership tasks. We offer excellent team support and regular informal and formal supervision with experienced clinicians.

CPD is offered in the form of regular in-service training, internal and external courses.

Evidence of previous involvement with audit and student education is desirable.

About us
Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values:

Kind - we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone

Open - we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working

Fair - we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all

One team - we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application

Details
Date posted: 07 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number: 370-AHP6THE-1901
Job locations: Warrington and Halton Hospitals, Lovely Lane, Warrington, WA5 1QG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To manage your clinical caseload with autonomy, guided by policies, procedures, codes of practice and departmental working practices
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and advanced analytical skills and clinical reasoning.
• Using developed knowledge and experience to make a therapeutic diagnosis of a patients condition and interpret clinical findings and documentation to formulate a comprehensive specialised programme of care, including decision making about the most appropriate treatment options. This may be for patients with a wide range of diagnoses and problems and will need regular updating to ensure to ensure optimum therapeutic outcome. For example, where self-referral occurs, clinical diagnosis is made, and a programme of care is developed.
• To supervise less experienced staff and students in the provision of patient care.
• To provide planned and spontaneous advice to patients/clients, junior staff, staff of other disciplines, formal and informal carer/relatives.
• To have highly developed physical skills for the treatment of patients. This may involve the use of specialist equipment, materials, and tools, for example for splinting, computers, equipment for activities of daily living.
• Please see JD and PS for more details.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Previous experience working within the NHS.
• Previous experience in broadly similar area of work.
• Core rotations in an acute field
• Experience of supervising, appraising and training staff and students.

Desirable

• Previous experience at Band 6
• Previous experience with client group in acute setting.
• Clinical educator certification

Qualifications
Essential

• BSc Hons Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registered with HCPC
• Evidence of CPD
• Relevant post graduate training.

Desirable

• Post registration qualification in specialist area

Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to overcome barriers to communication
• Excellent organisational skills and able to prioritise and delegate
• Confident in dealing with difficult situations
• Able to motivate and encourage others
• Proven experience in advising, teaching
• IT literate in word processing and spread sheets
• Able to deliver the trust core competencies
• Excellent clinical reasoning skills
• Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information
• Experience of working as a member of a multi disciplinary, team and identify ways to facilitate effective teamwork

Desirable

• Participated in audits, service development and implementation of change
• Participation in staff management

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)
Address: Warrington and Halton Hospitals, Lovely Lane, Warrington, WA5 1QG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Lead Anne Harrison, anne.harrison10@nhs.net, 01925662725