Senior Occupational Therapist | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Leigh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Leigh is seeking a full-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to provide holistic assessments and interventions within the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. The role emphasizes engaging service users in their recovery process and facilitating discharge planning. Competitive benefits include annual leave enhancements and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working with service users in inpatient settings.
• Ability to evaluate and reduce risk in occupational performance.
• Commitment to professional development and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
• Support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings.
• Join established inpatient therapies team and provide interventions.

Skills

Holistic occupational therapy assessments

Excellent communication skills

Evidence-based clinical assessments

Recovery-focused interventions

Education

Relevant degree in occupational therapy

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist has arisen within the Therapies suite, providing input into the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the Wigan directorate of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH).

Wigan PICU is an 8 bedded female PICU based in Atherleigh Park Hospital in Leigh. The unit has 5 wards in total, one PICU, three adults of working age acute wards and one older persons ward.

The post holder will deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions to service users being cared for on the PICU, establishing levels of function, identifying and engagement in their roles and meeting their values, evaluating and reducing risk and facilitating occupational performance to support recovery and enable the individual to prepare for discharge from PICU/hospital. This may also include completion of occupational therapy assessments to support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings and to identify any longer term occupational therapy/rehab needs that would require support from other statutory NHS services.

Please see attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions to service users on the PICU, establishing levels of function, engagement in roles, meeting values, evaluating and reducing risk, and facilitating occupational performance to support recovery and discharge planning.
• Complete occupational therapy assessments to support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings and identify longer term occupational therapy/rehab needs that require support from other statutory NHS services.
• Join an established inpatient therapies team (occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychological therapists, activities co-ordinators and AHP support staff) and provide assessments and interventions on the PICU ward while based in the therapies suite; be an integral part of the therapies site team with professional, clinical and managerial supervision and development opportunities aligned to your professional development plan.
• Be an active member of the Trust Network for PICU pathways and contribute to developing and implementing OT pathways in this specialist service.
• Be an enthusiastic, committed and highly motivated team player with excellent communication skills, providing evidence-based clinical assessments and recovery-focused interventions.
• Receive on-site and organizational level support to develop and support the correct pathway for service users.

Benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)