Rotational Occupational Therapist

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking dynamic registered Occupational Therapists for a full-time role within their Band 5 Rotation program. Candidates will enhance their core therapy skills while working across various services, including physical and mental health. This role offers comprehensive training and support for professional development, emphasizing a collaborative and patient-centered approach to care.

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with a relevant degree.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about core Occupational Therapy skills.
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams is valued.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate Occupational Therapy interventions.
• Provide high-quality care to a defined caseload.
• Work closely with other professionals in a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Patient-centered principles

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

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We are seeking enthusiastic and passionate registered Occupational Therapy candidates who are keen to consolidate and continue to develop their core Occupational Therapy skills and practise.

The Band 5 Occupational Therapy Rotation is Trust Wide and offers candidates the opportunity to work within physical, mental health, forensic and learning disability services across the Merseycare footprint, enabling opportunities within community and in-patient provision.

As a valued member of the Occupational Therapy workforce, training, CPD, supervision and preceptorship opportunities are available as standard to support you on your Occupational Therapy career journey in order to develop holistic skills sets.

The successful post holders will join a varied and well-established Band 5 Occupational Therapy 6 monthly rotational programme.

You will be using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the service user group.

The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality Occupational Therapy to a defined caseload.

You will work in partnership with other professionals and as an integral member of the Occupational Therapy teams and wider MDT, supporting service user's and their families and carer's side by side.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Caroline Angell Job title: Professional Lead OT Community Division Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07554407727

Amy Mc Meekin - Divisional Lead for Occupational Therapy - Mental Health Division - [e-mail]

Mob: [phone]

Mark McKenna - Professional & Operational Lead for Secure Division - [e-mail]

Mob: : [phone]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Health, Wellness & Fitness

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