Specialist Occupational Therapist

North West Borough Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Older Adult Community hub in Knowsley. You will use assessment, problem-solving and communication skills to deliver person-centred interventions for individuals with complex mental health needs and dementia in the community.

The post is a 12 month fixed term/secondment, offering opportunities to develop clinical skills within a supportive multi-disciplinary team and contribute to discharge planning and

Qualifications

• Relevant professional OT qualification.
• Current HPC registration.
• Experience of Dementia specific assessment tools.
• Effective team working within a multi-agency framework.
• Demonstrate problem-solving approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for service users living in the community, open to Older Adult Community hub, Knowsley.
• Demonstrate effective multidisciplinary and partnership working.
• Experience of advocating for people's occupational needs.
• Deliver specialist OT assessment and treatment interventions for a defined caseload.
• Support core duties of the Older Adult Community hub, Knowsley.

Skills

Assessment skills

Communication skills

Time management

IT skills

Education

OT qualification

Tools

NHS IT systems

Job description

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 ethnically diverse, 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

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to develop your clinical skills within a supportive community mental health team? Are you passionate about using your assessment, problem-solving and communication skills to deliver person-centred interventions that support recovery and promote independence for individuals with complex mental health needs?

We have an 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity. Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapy post that is integral to our multi disciplinary team at the Older Adult Community hub, Knowsley.

You will be contributing to the high quality assessment and treatment for people living with dementia, facilitating interventions and aiding diagnosistic processes.

Informal visits and/or phone contact to gain further information from the team manager/OT are very much welcomed.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment interventions for an identified group of people/caseload.
• To support core duties of the Older Adult Community hub, Knowsley.
• The post holder will contribute to effective MDT working supporting people in the community living with dementia.
• The post holder will complete assessments which support us in keeping people living at home for longer.
• The post holder will support the running of group interventions.

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:

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for service users living in the community, open to Older Adult Community hub, Knowsley.
• Demonstrate effective multidisciplinary and partnership working
• Experience of advocating for people's occupational needs

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant professional OT qualification
• Current HPC registration

Desirable criteria

• Fieldwork Educators certificate.
• Post graduate accredited study e.g. PSI, CBT, MSc in relevant health studies.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience in relevant health settings
• Experience of Dementia specific assessment tools

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
• Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
• Mental Health Act 1983
• Mental Capacity Act
• Demonstrate knowlegde of Safeguarding Adults

Desirable criteria

• Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services.
• Risk management training

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Accurate Record keeping
• Flexible approach/ creative thinking
• IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Effective leadership qualities.
• Presentation skills.
• Ability to network and influence decision making.
• Team Building skill.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.