Mental Health Occupational Therapist MH OT

Job summary

One Ellesmere Port Primary Care Network (PCN) is a collaboration of the 6 GP Practices from across the town. Working together at scale to develop better services for our patient population of approximately 72,000 patients.

Whitby Health Partnership is a core member Practice of the PCN and the second largest Practice.

The successful candidate will be employed by and based at Whitby Health Partnership focusing on their patient population. They will join a valued and existing team of 5 Mental Health Occupational Therapists, who are based across the other surgerieswithinthe PCN. This team meets regularly which allows peer support, and best practice sharing.

Main duties of the job

As the Mental Health Lead for Whitby Health Partnership, you will provide specialist advice and support to both colleagues and patients. This includes first-contact assessments for patients with mental health needs, developing individualised treatment plans, and offering further MH OT interventions or signposting to appropriate services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assessing functional capacity for holistic treatment
• Supporting recovery and independent living skills
• Symptom management and coping strategies
• Liaising with GPs and MH teams
• Navigating referrals between primary and secondary care

The role bridges the gap between IAPT and secondary care, ensuring appropriate referrals and collaborative working across the system. The successful candidate will manage a hybrid model of in-person and telephone appointments, including urgent assessments as needed. They will independently manage their caseload and appointment book with team support.

About us

Whitby Health Partnership is a rapidly growing organisation, representing the interests of general practice in Ellesmere Port. It is an established leader in the provision of new and integrated healthcare and developing quality improvement capabilities in general practice. As well as being an engaged core member practice of our Primary Care Network working to deliver PCN objectives and priorities.

We pride ourselves on being patient focused, valuing traditional primary care values while always evolving to provide the highest standard of healthcare possible.