Specialist Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a for a highly motivated Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient acute service in Knowsley.

Rydal Ward is a 12 bedded mixed older adult inpatient acute ward, at Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre, Whiston Hospital.

The post holder will be required to undertake holistic multi-factorial evidence-based assessments, in a clinic setting. These will include assessments regarding mental and physical health, which lead to occupational formulation, goal setting, and intervention. There is a clear OT pathway in place to support OT assessment and intervention on the ward.

OTs are also involve in the provision of group therapeutic activities by means of assessment and treatment, home visits to support discharge and individual work with service usersto support their recovery.

The successful post holder will work within a supportive MDT including medics, nursing staff, psychology staff, the wider AHP team, administrators and social workers. The post holder will also work with family members and carers.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient's comorbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.

The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.

Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients / clients to be discharged to an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital readmission.

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.