Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
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Band 5 Rotational Mental Health Occupational Therapist
Location: Wirral
Start Date: ASAP
Are you an enthusiastic, passionate, and highly motivated Occupational Therapist eager to make a real difference in mental health care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dynamic Adult Occupational Therapy Team.
This is a Rotational Post Based at Springview Mental Health Unit, Clatterbridge Hospital. You will have the opportunity to rotate across each of the wards at Springview, which include:
- Three acute adult mental health assessment wards
- A ward for people with dementia
- Specialist inpatient eating disorder unit (SEDU)
- A Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
What You’ll Do
You will be part of a rotation offering diverse opportunities to gain a wide range of experience working with people with many different mental health conditions. Within this team, you’ll play a vital role in delivering high-quality care to service users aged 18 and above who are experiencing acute mental health challenges. Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting holistic assessments and interventions, and supporting with discharge planning.
- Taking on the rewarding challenge of managing a diverse and complex caseload.
- Enhancing the lives of service users through facilitating meaningful therapeutic interventions.
You’ll work closely with our Occupational Therapists, experienced OT Technical Instructors (OTTIS) and our integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure a seamless and supportive care experience for every individual.
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- Be part of a friendly, supportive, and well-established MDT.
- Receive dedicated guidance and direction from experienced Occupational Therapists.
- Benefit from ongoing professional development, including:
- Clinical supervision
- Annual appraisals
- Practice placement education
- A wide range of training opportunities
- Regular peer support
- Free access to a fully equipped gym
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week), Monday to Friday
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking an OT professional who is:
- Passionate about mental health and improving lives.
- Adaptable, eager to learn, and ready to thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
We would welcome applications from reliable, resilient, focused, innovative, and hardworking individuals that are happy to share their skills and ideas but are also able to take direction. This role offers an ideal career development opportunity for new graduates or newly qualified Occupational Therapists or a qualified OT who is looking to widen their expertise in mental health care.
We encourage all potential applicants to contact us via the phone to get more information about the job or book a visit.
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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.
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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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Susie Walsh
- Job title: Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address: susie.walsh@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01513435630
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100.
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