Rotational Occupational Therapist

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 November 2024

Job summary

We are seeking enthusiastic and passionate registered Occupational Therapy candidates who are keen to consolidate and continue to develop their core Occupational Therapy skills and practise.

The Band 5 Occupational Therapy Rotation is Trust Wide and offers candidates the opportunity to work within physical, mental health, forensic and learning disability services across the Merseycare footprint, enabling opportunities within community and in-patient provision.

As a valued member of the Occupational Therapy workforce, training, CPD, supervision and preceptorship opportunities are available as standard to support you on your Occupational Therapy career journey in order to develop holistic skills sets.

**Interviews planned for 18th November 2024**

Main duties of the job

The successful post holders will join a varied and well-established Band 5 Occupational Therapy 6 monthly rotational programme.

You will be using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the service user group.

The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality Occupational Therapy to a defined caseload.

You will work in partnership with other professionals and as an integral member of the Occupational Therapy teams and wider MDT, supporting service user's and their families and carer's side by side.

About us

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.

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.

Date posted

03 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

350-SC6654478

Job locations

Across the trust

Multiple Sites across Community, Secure and Mental Health Care Divisions

As above

L34 1PJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The skills required for this post include practical problem solving skills, with sound clinical reasoning skills. An effective team player; and have excellent organisational and communication skills required to work in a busy service.

To be considered for this post you must have:

BSc degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration or an Occupational Therapy Student due to graduate.
Experience of working with patients with Physical Health conditions and/or Mental Health conditions and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Paediatrics.
An understanding of the impact of these conditions on patients lives.
Experience of undertaking holistic assessments.
The ability to transport self around the community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be considered for this post you must have:

BSc degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration or an Occupational Therapy Student due to graduate.
Experience of working with patients with Physical Health conditions and/or Mental Health conditions and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Paediatrics.
An understanding of the impact of these conditions on patients lives.
Experience of undertaking holistic assessments.
The ability to transport self around the community.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Practice education experience within physical, paediatrics and mental/LD health services
Ability to travel between sites as per role requirement
Enhanced DBS Disclosure
Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process
Active CPD portfolio
Experience of relevant Therapy functional assessment
Risk assessment skills
Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance development of service delivery o Apply Professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies 04/08/2023 of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Good time management and organisational skills

Desirable

Experience of successful team working
Experience of effective liaison and communication
A basic understanding of relevant legislation

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Occupational Therapy
HCPC Registration

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Practice education experience within physical, paediatrics and mental/LD health services
Ability to travel between sites as per role requirement
Enhanced DBS Disclosure
Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process
Active CPD portfolio
Experience of relevant Therapy functional assessment
Risk assessment skills
Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance development of service delivery o Apply Professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies 04/08/2023 of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Good time management and organisational skills

Desirable

Experience of successful team working
Experience of effective liaison and communication
A basic understanding of relevant legislation

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Occupational Therapy
HCPC Registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.