Senior Occupational Therapist | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | Leigh, WN71NY |
| Company: | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7333598/437-7333598 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist has arisen within the Therapies suite, providing input into the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)in the Wigan directorate of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH).
Wigan PICU is a 8 bedded female PICU based in Atherleigh Park Hospital in Leigh. The unit has 5 wards in total, one PICU, three adults of working age acute wards and one older persons ward.
The post holder will deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions to service users being cared for on the PICU establishing levels of function, identifying and engagement in their roles and meeting their values, evaluating and reducing risk and facilitating occupational performance to support recovery and enable the individual to prepare for discharge from PICU/hospital. This may also include completion of occupational therapy assessments to support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings and to identify any longer term occupational therapy/rehab needs that would require support from other statutory NHS services.
The post holder will join an established inpatient therapies team, comprising of occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Psychological therapists, activities co-ordinators and AHP support staff. Your role will be delivered on the PICU ward, but based in the therapies suite, to provide appropriate assessments and interventions, whilst also being an integral part of the therapies site team. Our PICU team will welcome you into a supportive, creative and motivated multidisciplinary team that has a strong respect for and commitment to Occupational Therapy and practice development. Professional, clinical and managerial supervision is actively provided and development opportunities reflective of your professional development plan.
The post holder will be an active member of the Trust Network for PICU pathways and will be involved in developing and implementing OT pathways in this specialist service.
The successful candidate be an enthusiastic, committed and highly motivated team player with excellent communication skills, providing evidence based clinical assessments and recovery focused interventions.
You will have support from a therapies team on site, and at organisational level to enable you to develop and support the correct pathway for our service users.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
At Atherleigh park, the team enjoy a great location, accessible on public transport or with accessible parking, and with an extensive retail and leisure park within walking distance. We are a strong therapies team - and although you will be based on PICU - you will be part of a fabulous supportive therapies team who will ensure you have profession specific support and guidance.
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025