An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist has arisen within the Acute Adults of Working Age (AOWA) in the Manchester directorate of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH).

The post holder will deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions to service users being cared for on the acute wards establishing levels of function, identifying and engagement in their roles and meeting their values, evaluating and reducing risk and facilitating occupational performance to support recovery and enable the individual to prepare for discharge from hospital. This may also include completion of occupational therapy assessments to support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings and to identify any longer term occupational therapy/rehab needs that would require support from other statutory NHS services

To provide functional and cognitive Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to support the recovery of service users in hospital.

• Deal with complex physical and mental health needs, using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate and record all interventions in line with relevant clinical pathways.
• Work with service users and their carers/family members on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting.
• Provide professional advice for junior and support staff, as well as students on placement.
• Participate in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the OT pathway within PICU.
• Regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on placement.
• Abide by HCPC standards, the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Professional Standards for OT Practice.