Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist
This role is advertised as a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist. However, consideration will be given to a Band 5 with the stipulation that the individual will be employed as a Band 5 for a period of time until the individual has achieved the agreed competencies. The competencies are based on agenda for change and ensure that the individual demonstrates the required knowledge and experience for the role. Once the agreed competencies have been achieved, the automatic pay progression will be applied, and they will move to the agreed banding (as per job description).
About the Role
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of an Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) at HMP Altcourse. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health needs of our client group in partnership with our Physical Health providers and Sodexo colleagues.
The service provides individual and group-based interventions based on the needs of the population. Core aims of the service are to improve mental and psychological wellbeing via a range of interventions, build the development of independent core skills, reduce risk, and advocate for mental health within the wider prison.
We are now recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join our team at HMP Altcourse. The post holder will have clinical responsibilities via the provision of OT assessment, individual, and group-based therapeutic interventions based on the needs of the individual.
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This will cover the array of clinical work that would promote occupational, psychological, recreational, and supportive activity to meet the holistic needs of the individual. The post holder will also contribute to regular MDT meetings and be involved in the assessment and management of risk.
Responsibilities
- Have some experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations, including within institutional settings and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Work with clients whose needs may mean that they find it difficult to engage with services.
- Experience of working in complex service and organizational settings is required alongside an ability to constructively manage the personal, professional, and ethical opportunities and challenges such work can involve.
About Us
Within the IMHT’s, we prioritize the development of our staff team and have proven that we value and nurture diverse clinical interests. We are committed to creating an empowered staff team. We strive to be reflective and supportive of each other, which is vital given the challenges this work can entail.
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
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Bridget Draisey
- Job Title: Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email Address: bridget.draisey@merseycare.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 0151 522 2057
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