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Specialist Occupational Therapist

Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Warrington
Salary
£32,306 to £39,027 a year per annum
Closing date
28 Jun 2022

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Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have an excellent opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist based at the Low Secure Units (LSU) at Hollins Park Hospital in Warrington.

Chesterton ward is a 16 bedded female LSU and Marlowe Ward is a 15 bedded male LSU unit which support adults with mental illness and who require specialist forensic support.

This post provides the therapist with an opportunity to improve individual's quality of life, support a sensory and meaningful informed day and work with a great MDT made up of Nursing, Doctors, Social workers, Speech and Language Therapists and Psychology.

The successful individual will need to be enthusiastic, passionate, adaptable and highly motivated, with a keen interest in learning disability and/or autism. You will be part of an established multidisciplinary team, as well as receiving support, direction and supervision from senior Occupational Therapy staff.

This is an ideal career development opportunity for a qualified Occupational Therapist who holds the relevant qualification and skills and is ready for an exciting challenge.

Main duties of the job

Details of the main roles and responsibilities can be found within the Job Description and Person Specification

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

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.

Job description Job responsibilities

Details of the main roles and responsibilities can be found within the Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification Qualifications Essential
  • BSc Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Current Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
  • Post registration training in a therapeutic / intervention approach (e.g. Applied Behavioural Analysis and Intervention, CBT, SI, AMPS)
  • Portfolio of CPD
Desirable
  • Forensic Risk Assessment (RSVP, HCR, START)
  • Good computing skills (ECDL or Similar)
  • Additional training in specific Occupational Therapy and sensory assessments
  • Accredited Practice Placement Educator (e.g. APPLE)
Knowledge Essential
  • At least two years experience of working as an occupational therapist with people with learning disabilities and/or mental health.
  • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities who offend
  • Experience of managing own complex caseload
  • Experience of using Occupational Therapy assessment tools and completing reports
  • Experience of communicating and liasiing with people including internal and external agencies on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
  • Experience of working with individuals who have complex needs
  • Experience in the use of forensic risk assessment and management
  • A good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, DOLs, Safeguarding and the legal frameworks


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