Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist Band 5-6 Development Post
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Occupational Therapist Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist seeking to develop their clinical experience and knowledge within our enthusiastic occupational therapy team.
Role Overview
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 and pathway. Using the existing and well-established Model of Human Occupation, the post holder will be responsible for providing high quality assessment, delivering treatment intervention plans, and evaluating outcomes for individuals with complex needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive holistic Occupational Therapy assessments.
- Devise treatment plans individualized to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during the patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge.
- Gain consent through engaging patients/clients through their therapy journey, enabling them to experience choice and as part of their recovery.
- Plan and implement patient-centered individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals within the ward setting.
- Monitor, evaluate, and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
- Monitor and offer professional advice to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices.
- Ensure that the service users' care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
- Liaise with family members, carers, and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
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Professional Development
Clinical supervision will be provided by a senior 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 B5 peer support groups to network and share knowledge and skills.
We would like to welcome applicants who do not meet all essential criteria, but have essential qualifications and would consider a transitional role from Band 5 to Band 6 on the condition of completing a competency-based development plan.
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.
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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 organizational 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.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Sharon Buchanan
- Job Title: Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Email Address: sharon.buchanan@merseycare.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 0151 250 5003
Operational and Professional Lead Occupational Therapist - Mental Health Care Division
- Name: Beth Cooke
- Email Address: beth.cooke@merseycare.nhs.uk
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