Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Team Leader Occupational Therapist
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Occupational Therapist Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist with a special interest in the community rehabilitation provision to join Liverpool Community Occupational Therapy Adult Rehabilitation Team known as COTART.
About COTART
COTART provides intervention in the community settings and aims to deliver holistic, patient-centred, evidence-based therapy intervention and maximise independence of adults (18+) in their place of residency across Liverpool neighbourhoods.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical / professional and operational leadership to the team Band 5 and Band 6 Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, and an OT Technician whilst carrying own clinical caseload.
- Operational and clinical leadership of the team.
- Effective coordination of leadership with peer Team Leaders within the service ensuring efficient, high-quality, safe, and responsive care delivery.
- Support of the professional development, service improvement, and transformation projects.
- Monitor and manage service compliance with KPIs, service specification, and agreed pathways.
- Manage personnel, monitor and manage staff performance, and assist with the recruitment process.
- Manage own clinical caseload of patients with complex needs, frailty, and chronic conditions, assessing needs in their place of residency, recommending specialist equipment, and adaptations to promote safety and independence.
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Requirements
This role will require the applicant to work at different locations within the Liverpool footprint.
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.
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.
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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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Caroline Angell
- Job Title: Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy
- Email Address: caroline.angell@merseycare.nhs.uk
Iwona Kurdziel-Quirk, Operational Manager (please, note: Out of Office 21st July - 5th August 2026)
- Email Address: Iwona.Kurdziel-Quirk@merseycare.nhs.uk
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