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Job overview
Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new role and wanting to make a real difference? Then look no further, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the Mersey Care Eating Disorder Service. This is a clinical post.
You will be joining an established team of Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Therapists, Dieticians and Specialist Nurse. We are dedicated to providing a high quality of service and opportunity to access appropriate provision to meet the bio-psycho-social needs of our service users who present with a range of eating difficulties.
The operational hours are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm William House, Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, L13 4AW.
Within the role you will receive mental health specific supervision as well as being supported by a wider team of clinicians and Occupational therapists in the Trust. The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with a range of complexity and need.
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for clients with eating disorders. You will be highly motivated and able to work with different degrees of ambivalence to facilitate behavioural changes to dietary intake and engagement in meaningful activity in support of client’s recovery journey.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Shortlisting planned for: 16 December 2024
Main duties of the job
The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Newly appointed post holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.
The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal, and participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects. The post holder will maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies and contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL – Shared Team
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.
CLINICAL – Occupational Therapy Specific
Undertake occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, using selected and graded activity to develop the client’s skills in identified areas of deficit.
Undertake comprehensive risk assessment with clients, and record the rationale for therapeutic risk taking in the OT care plan.
Provide specialist reports to inform statutory bodies i.e. Mental Health Act Commission.
Undertake specialist assessments, and compile OT reports, on behalf of the MDT to inform interventions, diagnosis and outcomes for clients with complex needs.
Contribute to ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the occupational therapy process in line with sound evidence based practice.
Provide advice on issues related to ADL for other professionals and carers.
Work closely with OT colleagues from other clinical settings / teams, providing individual and peer group support.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current HCPC registration
Knowledge/ Experience
* Previous experience in relevant health settings
* Supervision of staff
* Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
* Experience of service development
* Experience using both group and individual treatment skills
* Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
* Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
* Assisting with effective budgetary management
* Evidence based and experience of reflective practice
* Recovery Model of Care
* Model of Human Occupation
* Safe Guarding Children
* Mental Health Act 1983
* Mental Capacity Act
* Effective Care Coordination
* Relevant national policies and guidance
* Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment
* Audit and research methods
* Awareness of own strengths and limitations
* Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services.
* Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services
Skills
* Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
* Ability to formulate relevant reports
* Delegation and coordination
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
* Flexible approach/ creative thinking
* Able to move and handle clients
* Ability to network and influence decision making
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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