Job summary
We are seeking enthusiastic and passionate registered Occupational Therapy candidates who are keen to consolidate and continue to develop their core Occupational Therapy skills and practise.

The Band 5 Occupational Therapy Rotation is Trust Wide and offers candidates the opportunity to work within physical, mental health, forensic and learning disability services across the Merseycare footprint, enabling opportunities within community and in-patient provision.

As a valued member of the Occupational Therapy workforce, training, CPD, supervision and preceptorship opportunities are available as standard to support you on your Occupational Therapy career journey in order to develop holistic skills sets.

Main duties of the job
The successful post holders will join a varied and well-established Band 5 Occupational Therapy 6 monthly rotational programme.

You will be using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the service user group.

The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality Occupational Therapy to a defined caseload.

You will work in partnership with other professionals and as an integral member of the Occupational Therapy teams and wider MDT, supporting service user's and their families and carer's side by side.

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
The skills required for this post include practical problem solving skills, with sound clinical reasoning skills. An effective team player; and have excellent organisational and communication skills required to work in a busy service.

To be considered for this post you must have:

• BSc degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration or an Occupational Therapy Student due to graduate.
• Experience of working with patients with Physical Health conditions and/or Mental Health conditions and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Paediatrics.
• An understanding of the impact of these conditions on patients lives.
• Experience of undertaking holistic assessments.
• The ability to transport self around the community.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Enhanced DBS Disclosure
• Registered AHP relevant to your profession with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Diploma / Degree in relevant profession

Desirable

• Member of Professional Body

Experience
Essential

• Experience of relevant Therapy functional assessment
• Experience of successful team working Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
• General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance

Desirable

• Experience of serviced development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area
• Experience of planning and facilitating therapeutic groups for patients / clients Experience of service development
• Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and ability to express an understanding of therapeutic process including formulation of intervention plans grounded in clinical reasoning

Desirable

• A basic understanding of Relevant legislation including The Mental Capacity Act

Skills
Essential

• Have an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses

Desirable

• Familiar with Electronic Patient Records Management and clinical leadership

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.