Specialist Occupational Therapist-

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Macclesfield; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Macclesfield is recruiting an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Mental Health Intensive Support Team (MHIST) in Cheshire East. You will provide specialist OT assessment and intervention to support people with complex mental health needs to regain skills and independence.

You will work intensively with a small cohort, alongside the MDT, to deliver needs-led care, risk management and adaptive care planning, with a strong

Qualifikationen

• Registered Occupational Therapist with current UK practice registration.
• Experience in mental health and community-based care.
• Ability to travel to patients' homes in Cheshire East.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with MDT.

Aufgaben

• Conduct specialist OT assessments and develop intervention plans.
• Deliver treatment and support in home and community settings.
• Work with the MDT to set goals and monitor progress.
• Identify relapse indicators and promote independence.

Kenntnisse

Occupational Therapy

Community-based care

Risk management

Team collaboration

Jobbeschreibung

We are recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapists to join the Mental Health Intensive Support Team (MHIST) in Cheshire East (Macclesfield).

MhIST is a Trustwide community rehabilitation service that provides specialist assessment, treatment, interventions & support to help people recover from complex mental health problems & to regain the skills & confidence to live in the community., As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will work intensively with a small cohort of patients with a range of complex needs offering specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention, providing high quality levels of care in order to assist these patients to live a meaningful and purposeful life. The Occupational Therapists will work alongside the MDT to ensure effective and needs-led patient care with a strong focus on recovery, goal setting,identifying relapse indicators and promoting independence.

The MHIST team are proactive in pre-empting crisis and preventing admission into hospital, and therefore you must be able to demonstrate excellent skills in risk management, adaptive care planning and communication skills with a genuine attitude of care and dedication to this type of cohort of patients.

As the role involves the assessment and treatment of patient's within their own home, access to transport for work purposes is essential

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.