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Occupational Therapy Assi...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Southport, Sefton

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Health Care Support Worke...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Warrington

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Psychological Wellbeing P...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Widnes, Halton

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Family Therapist

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Whiston, Knowsley

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Occupational Therapy Assi...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Liverpool

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Band 5 Occupational Thera...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Copple House, Knowsley

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Clinical Psychologist

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Prescot, Knowsley

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Posted 1 day ago, 28 May

Principal Clinical Psycho...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Golden Hill, South Ribble

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Principal Clinical Psycho...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Golden Hill, South Ribble

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Posted 1 day ago, 28 May

District Nursing Team Lea...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Prescot, Knowsley

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Posted 4 days ago, 25 May

Consultant Psychiatrist i...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Winwick, Warrington

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Posted 5 days ago, 24 May

Peer Support Worker | Mer...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Holt, St. Helens

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Posted 5 days ago, 24 May

District Nursing Team Lea...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Sankey Bridges, Warrington

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Posted 5 days ago, 24 May

Consultant Psychiatrist i...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Brown Edge, St. Helens

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Posted 5 days ago, 24 May

Peer Support Worker

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Prescot, Knowsley

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Posted 5 days ago, 24 May

Support Worker

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Liverpool

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Posted 6 days ago, 23 May

Registered Practitioner P...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Golden Hill, South Ribble

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Posted 6 days ago, 23 May

MASH Administrator

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Liverpool

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Posted 6 days ago, 23 May

Highly Specialist Speech ...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Southport, Sefton

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Posted 6 days ago, 23 May

Clincial Team Manager- Lo...

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Huyton Park, Knowsley

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Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Mersey Care NHS FT, Southport, Sefton

  • Onsite working
  • Part time
  • Permanent

Posted today, 29 May

Job ref: a4dd010dc6c440d6b726f8f992eef555

Full Job Description

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 believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, The post holder will be responsible for assisting in the development and delivery of treatment and care plans where appropriate under the direction and supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist and in collaboration with the ward manager.
The post holder will be required to actively work as part of The Multi-Disciplinary Team.
The Post Holder will be expected to work in an innovative way to support the smooth running of the Ward and required to offer individual and group activities alongside Occupational Therapy staff and under the indirect and direct supervision of a Qualified Occupational Therapist.
Theses duties will extend to using The Occupational Therapy Process to assist in assessment, planning and the implementation of Therapeutic Activities within an In-Patient Mental Health Setting.
The Post Holder will be required to work collaboratively and flexibly with Nursing and Support Worker staff to ensure meeting the diverse needs of service users and the function of the ward. The ward manager has ultimate responsibility for ensuring therapeutic activity takes place within a safe and therapeutic environment, To support, with direction, Service Users' with activities throughout the therapeutic day. This
will be under the supervision of senior Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists,
Psychological Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists.
2. Undertake specific tasks within Occupational Therapy assessments with Service users using a
Person Centred Approach in order to assist the Occupational Therapist to identify
appropriate Occupational Therapy interventions.
3. Work innovatively and effectively and take responsibility for carrying out a range of activities
under non directive supervision where the overall goal is clear to support and deliver the
provision of a programme of meaningful and purposeful activities of daily living that relate
to Service Users Formulation and Goal Plans.
4. Assist in planning and facilitate both individual and group work with Service Users and take
an active role in implementing agreed plans/tasks in familiar or defined contexts.
5. To support the Service Users' to engage with their Shared Activity Planner and support the
Service Users' to engage in their choice of activity. There is an expectation to engage with
service users on enhanced observations as part of their recovery journey
6. Be fully involved in The Occupational Therapy Process to ensure Service Users increase their
independence and well being through skill and knowledge development and apply clinical
reasoning to this approach.
7. Participate in the provision of a varied and interesting range of timetabled activities that
support Service Users to achieve identified goals.
8. Exercise initiative and independence in carrying out delegated activities at a Professional
level.
9. Be aware of, and apply, the principle of risk assessment and management to all aspects of
clinical work including, where appropriate, the provision of information to The Multi
Disciplinary Team.
10. Maintain the health, safety and security of others and contribute to and comply with risk
assessment.
11. To contribute to formal Occupational Therapy record keeping and reports and provide
feedback on Service Users occupational functioning. Assist in the development of treatment
and care plans where appropriate
12. Undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.
13. Work closely with The Multi Disciplinary Team at all times and involve Nursing Staff and
Support workers fully in activity sessions.
14. To maintain links with other agencies, both statutory and voluntary in order to support
recovery and discharge planning
15. Take some supervisory responsibility for the work of others in the implementation of routine
work within identified and agreed scope of practice.
16. Participate in the management of incidents in line with The Trusts Policy and Procedure.
17. Where appropriate be involved in clinical audit activity.
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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 [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
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 £16 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 [email protected]) 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.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for individuals who have an interest in working with service users with a variety of mental health problems. An Occupational Therapy Assistant is required to commence in post in Hartley hospital to work on an older adult complex care acute ward.
Hartley hospital serves people of the local area based in Southport, the successful candidate will be working as a key member of the Occupational Therapy service within Hartley Hospital with the expectation of working over 7 days.
We are looking for a self motivated and caring individual who can facilitate group activities and assist the qualified Occupational Therapy staff as required.

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.

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