Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 350-TWS7063222
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various sites
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
There are several exciting opportunities to work as a Specialist Occupational Therapist within Mental Health Care Division, and Secure Division of Mersey Care, across Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens & Knowsley, and Halton and Warrington. We are looking for dedicated Occupational Therapists to join our enthusiastic, innovative, and expanding teams seeking to develop their clinical experience and knowledge, and to strengthen their leadership and managerial skills.Ìý
Posts are available across the following areas:
- Acute mental health and PICU wards at Clock View Hospital and Windsor House.
- Older Adults Mental Health Wards at Hartley Hospital and Leigh Moss Hospital.
- Ashworth High Secure Hospital
- Rowan View Medium Secure Hospital
ÌýThe post holder will be responsible for providing high quality assessment, delivering treatment interventions plans, and evaluating outcomes for individuals with complex needs.
Please contact for further information about these areas, visits to services are welcomed.
Shortlisting date is planned for 4th April 2025
Interview date is planned for 17th April 2025
Main duties of the job
To utilise and develop specialist knowledge providing; professional, up to date interventions within a designated Occupational Therapy Services and to assist in the organisational development, co-ordination, and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service in conjunction with the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy and relevant Team/Service Manager.Ìý
The post holder will contribute to an environment that works with local services to provide evidence-based assessment and delivery of care, using the Model of Human Occupation, and within the context of the effective patient journey. They will continue with their own professional development and assist with that of other Occupational Therapy staff. They will be required to have a flexible approach to working hours to ensure that the needs of their clients are met.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for further information. In summary:Ìý
- Provide assessment and intervention for service users residing within the inpatient services in the Mental health/ Secure care division
- Demonstrating effective partnership working
- Experience of Service development and innovation
- Experience in providing supervision and mentorship to others
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification appropriate to role
- Registration with HCPC
- Formal post graduate qualification relevantto specialist area of practice
- Assessor/Mentor/Practice Educator Training
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of receiving supervision and supervision of staff
- Evidence of effective partnership working
- Evidence of introducing service developments and innovation
- Evidence of active engagement in developing others
- Demonstrate the application of research and evidence-based practice within specialist field
- Demonstrate experience of problem- solving approaches
- Understanding of local, National, professional policies/guidance e.g Mental Capacity Act
- Understanding of local, National, professional policies/guidance e.g. Vulnerable Adults Procedure and Child Protection
- Demonstrate an understanding of own scope of practice and the implications for self and others
- Ability to recognise own behaviour and its impact on others
- Evidence of understanding and the application of leadership and management principles
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to delegate& coordinate
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Demonstrate experience of managing difficult situations
- Able to develop effective interpersonal relationships with clients, colleagues and the wider team
- Good organisational/time management skills
- Ability to problem solve
- Ability to identify risk and minimise risk effectively
- Demonstrate a proactive approach to health and safety
- Ability to reflect on experience and identify lessons learnt
- Computer literate
- Willingnessto travel in the course of performing duties
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Mcmeekin
- Job title
- Divisional Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 330 4121
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