Specialist Occupational Therapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Prescot, L34 1PJ |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6241109/350-CC6241109 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. The successful candidate will undertake comprehensive assessments of service users with a variety of physical, cognitive and/or learning disabilities and will have responsibility for the delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions to patients based in the community, optimising their function within the home environment and helping to prevent hospital admission. Many service users present with complex multi-pathologies which require a high level of understanding of the impact of these conditions/disabilities.
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.
You will have access to internal leadership training opportunities, B6 peer support, clinical supervision and CPD opportunities.
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To utilise developed specialist knowledge to provide the professional contribution within designated Occupational Therapy Services and to assist in the organisation, development, coordination and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service in conjunction with the Clinical Principle Occupational Therapist and relevant Team/Service Manager.
The post holder will contribute to an environment that works with local services to provide evidence based assessment and delivery of care, using the Model of Human Occupation, and within the context of Effective Care Coordination. They will continue with their own flexible approach to working hours to ensure that the needs of their clients are met.
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.
Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
Where required, to be involved in the multidisciplinary team duty system and undertake duty assessments as necessary.
Fulfil the care-coordinator role under ECC framework, including planning and coordinating Case Conferences/Reviews.
Ensure intervention is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of clients.
Provide information, education and support for family members, carers and other relevant professionals
Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
Participate in case load supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
Participate in regular clinical supervision with Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, as per Trust policy.
Contribute to the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
Contribute to client related developments and therapeutic interventions carried out by the whole team e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy, psycho-social interventions.
Compile and maintain effective client records and record outcome measures in conjunction with clients and in accordance with Professional and Trust policies, procedures and standards.
Participate in the induction, training or education of a variety of staff, students or volunteers attached to the team/service.
Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 26 May 2024