Main area: Learning Disability / Autism
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (office hours)
Job ref: 350-SC7040767-A
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Greater Manchester
Specialist Support team: Floor 7, 2 City Approach, Town Eccles, Manchester
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/04/2025 23:59
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals that are under-represented in our workforce.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit 2 x Band 6 (1.0 wte) Specialist Occupational Therapists (OT) to our established Occupational Therapy Team which provides a service across Greater Manchester to service users with a learning disability and/or autism who present with forensic risk or risk of hospital admission.
The post will be part of the Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (SST) based in Eccles. The GM SST is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Support Workers. You will be expected to work in all areas of Greater Manchester and liaise with local Learning Disability, Mental Health, and Autism services to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support.
You will have the opportunity to work within a team of skilled experienced Occupational Therapists who have developed a core and specialized role within the wider team. You will have the opportunity to develop your own skills by working alongside existing therapists who have developed an Occupational Therapy service centered around the Model of Human Occupational Framework, in addition to drawing on other frameworks such as Sensory Integration, good lives model, and Zones of Regulation.
Main duties of the job
We deliver a variety of OT assessments and interventions to enable a shared understanding of an individual’s volition, personal skills set, occupational and environmental needs across a range of community settings and support models with the aim to address barriers to participation and balance, occupational associated risk, and reducing restrictive practice where possible. We also offer advice, consultation, and training to external agencies.
The service is very supportive of training opportunities to ensure that we continue to be aware of new developments which can be adapted and developed to support our service users. There are frequent opportunities to input into GM SST service development initiatives and represent the team in GM-wide projects.
You will receive regular clinical supervision from the Lead Occupational Therapist in the Specialist Support team and will also have access to direct and peer supervision from Sensory Integration Practitioners. We also have strong links with Occupational Therapists within Mersey Care Community Learning Disabilities Team and secure services.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post is accountable and responsible to the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Operational Team Manager, GMSST.
The post does not involve care coordination as this is not a role within GMSST. However, the post holder will be required to manage their own caseload and be clinically accountable for their work.
Supervision responsibilities will be to provide student placements, alongside OT colleagues, and to provide support and supervision around casework for support workers within GMSST.
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.
* 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.
* Postgraduate clinical experience within mental health services.
* Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services.
Skills
* Ability to utilize assessment skills and tools effectively.
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
* Ability to formulate relevant reports.
* Delegation and coordination.
* Ability to prioritize and work to deadlines.
* Flexible approach/creative thinking.
* Able to move and handle clients.
* Ability to network and influence decision making.
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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.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enroll for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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