Specialist Occupational Therapist

Transformationunitgm; Warrington; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in a dynamic multi-disciplinary team. You'll provide high-quality clinical services, focusing on rehabilitation and recovery for individuals in need. This role offers the chance to make a real difference through evidence-based practice and collaboration with partner agencies. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, the organization values your expertise and fosters a supportive environment. If you're passionate about making a positive impact in mental health services, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in relevant health settings and supervision of staff.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality consultation and specialist assessment.
• Hold a clinical caseload for the Specialist Community Forensic team.

Skills

Assessment Skills

Communication Skills

Report Formulation

Delegation and Coordination

Creative Thinking

Client Handling

Networking

Education

Current HCPC Registration

Job description

Main area Occupational Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (office hours) Job ref 350-SC7125594-A

Employer Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hollins Park Town Warrington Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/05/2025 23:59

Specialist Occupational Therapist

Band 6

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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.

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Specialist Community Forensic Team and Step Down Services.

You will provide high quality consultation, specialist assessment and intervention to deliver effective, person centred clinical services for people who access our services.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Community Forensic Team is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of nursing, occupational therapy, social work, psychology and psychiatry. You will be expected to work in all areas of Cheshire and Merseyside and liaise with a number of partner agencies including health, social care and the Criminal Justice agencies to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support. You will be required to work primarily 9-5, Monday to Friday.

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

To hold a clinical caseload.

Operate as the Occupational Therapist for the Specialist Community Forensic team and Step Down Services.

Provide highly specialised clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy focusing on rehabilitation and recovery through meaningful occupation based on evidence based practice.

To provide comprehensive risk assessment of offending and / or other complex behaviours and provide risk management strategies and recommendations.

See Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current HCPC registration

KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE:

• Previous experience in relevant health settings.
• Supervision of staff.
• Effective team working within a multi-agency framework.
• Experience of service development.
• Experience using both group and individual treatment skills.
• Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches.
• Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area.
• Assisting with effective budgetary management.
• Evidence based and experience of reflective practice.
• Recovery Model of Care.
• Model of Human Occupation.
• Mental Health Act 1983.
• Mental Capacity Act.
• Effective Care Coordination.
• Relevant national policies and guidance.
• Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment.
• Audit and research methods.
• Awareness of own.
• Strengths and limitations.
• Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services.
• Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services.

Skills

• Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively.
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
• Ability to formulate relevant reports.
• Delegation and coordination.
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• Flexible approach/ creative thinking.
• Able to move and handle clients.
• Ability to network and influence decision making.

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Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

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. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [e-mail] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [e-mail] ) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Sharon Meade Job title Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0151 431 5152