Specialist Occupational Therapist

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sefton is seeking committed Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join their multi-disciplinary team. The role involves managing complex patient cases, offering leadership for junior staff, and participating in service development. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Occupational Therapy and have skills in effective communication, evidence-based practice, and holistic assessment. This position supports patients in preventing hospital admissions and enhancing independence.

Qualifications

• Post holder must be an autonomous practitioner managing complex patient cases.
• Provide leadership and supervision for junior staff.
• Participate in service planning and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients’ co-morbidities.
• Work in partnership with other professionals.
• Contribute to the development of Occupational Therapy services.

Skills

Effective communication

Leadership

Evidence-based practice

Holistic assessment

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

Our Southport & Fomby Urgent and Intermediate Care therapy team are seeking committed Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our service, supporting the patients through shared care within their localities. We are seeking highly skilled, enthusiastic, and proactive therapists to join our team. The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co-morbidities or support with discharge from the hospital setting. The Urgent Community Response service (UCR), Care Transfer Hub and Intermediate Care Bed Base services operate 7 days a week including bank holidays. All staff are expected to rotate through the UCR, Care Transfer Hub and Intermediate Care Bed Bases working alongside the full Multidisciplinary Team to cover weekends on a rotational basis.

We thrive to communicate and collaborate between Integrated care systems to address the health and social care needs across the area, maximising patient independence and preventing hospital admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Health Practitioner Assistants, Community Discharge Matrons, Nursing staff and social workers.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patients\' co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.
• The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.
• The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
• The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.
• Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of The Occupational Therapy profession within ICRAS and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

About Mersey Care

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.