Specialist Occupational Therapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 October 2024 |
| Location: | Huyton, L36 7XY |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6633287/350-MHC6543771-A |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist seeking to develop their clinical experience and knowledge, and to strengthen their leadership and managerial skills within The knowlsey Recovery team. We are looking for a dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our enthusiastic, innovative, and expanding team
The post holder will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with patients, carers, the multidisciplinary team, and wider agencies, and will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues following an evidence-based OT process. The post holder will be responsible for providing high quality assessment, delivering treatment interventions plans, and evaluating outcomes for individuals with complex needs.
Supervision and line management will be provided by the clinical Lead Occupational Therapist which you will have the opportunity to explore further training and qualifications to develop both personally and professionally.
To support the delivery of high quality specialist assessment and intervention in the development of effective clinical services within community setting
To meet the complex needs of people with severe and enduring mental illness
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.
See attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Sep 2024