Specialist Occupational Therapist

Merseycare; Sefton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to enhance clinical experience and leadership skills within a supportive and innovative team. This role involves collaborating with patients and multidisciplinary teams to provide high-quality assessments and treatment plans for individuals with complex needs. The organization is committed to 'perfect care' and offers various training and development opportunities, ensuring a fulfilling career path. Join a dedicated team that values inclusivity and professional growth, making a significant impact in the lives of those served.

Benefits

Flexible working requests considered

Internal leadership programmes

Research opportunities

Specialist clinical training opportunities

Peer support groups

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health and varied fieldwork.
• Knowledge of core skills in occupational therapy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality specialist assessment and intervention.
• Meet complex needs of individuals with learning disabilities.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Assessment of complex behaviours

Designing intervention and management plans

Ability to work autonomously

Knowledge of Mental Health Act

Experience in mental health fieldwork

Clinical supervision of junior staff

Education

BSc Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Current HCPC Registration

Post registration training in therapeutic approaches

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 ethnic minorities, 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.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist seeking to develop their clinical experience and knowledge, and to strengthen their leadership and managerial skills within Rowan View, Medium Secure Unit. We are looking for a dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our enthusiastic, innovative, and expanding Occupational Therapy team.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with patients, carers, the multidisciplinary team, and wider agencies, and will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues following an evidence-based OT process. The post holder will be responsible for providing high quality assessment, delivering treatment interventions plans, and evaluating outcomes for individuals with complex needs.

Supervision and line management will be provided by the Lead Occupational Therapist onsite during which you will have the opportunity to explore further training and qualifications to develop both personally and professionally. There are internal leadership programmes available, research opportunities with M-RIC, specialist clinical training opportunities, and B6 peer support groups to network and share knowledge and skills.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

To support the delivery of high quality specialist assessment and intervention in the development of effective clinical services within a Medium Secure setting.

To meet the complex needs of people with learning disabilities and/or autism and/or mental illness.

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

See attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding main responsibilities.

Person specification

Knowledge/experience

• Varied fieldwork experience including mental health
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Sound knowledge of core skills of occupational therapy and evidence of application in practice
• Ability to work as a team member and to undertake additional duties in the absence of the Lead OT
• In depth knowledge of assessment, treatment and evaluation
• In depth knowledge of health and safety and risk management.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Experience as a Qualified Occupational Therapist
• Ability to demonstrate Mersey Care Values and application in practice
• Additional training (for example Sensory Integration, ESI, Trusted Assessor)
• Experience of facilitation of mentorship and clinical supervision of junior staff
• Knowledge of VdT Model of Creative Ability and application in practice

Qualifications

• BSc Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Current Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
• Post registration training in a therapeutic / intervention approach (e.g. Applied Behavioural Analysis and Intervention, CBT, SI, AMPS)
• Portfolio of CPD

Values

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Able to work autonomously and on own initiative, prioritise and manage own time effectively and meet deadlines
• Skills in the assessment of complex behaviours using a variety of methods
• Skills in the designing of intervention and management plans, evaluation and monitoring
• Able to recognise limits of own competency and when to seek supervision
• Complete Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions with a caseload, including the ability to write reports