Senior Occupational Therapist in Manchester

An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist has arisen within the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the South Manchester directorate of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH). The post holder will deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions to service users being cared for on the PICU, establishing levels of function, identifying and engaging in their roles and meeting their values, evaluating and reducing risk and facilitating occupational performance to support recovery and enable the individual to prepare for discharge from PICU/hospital. This may also include completion of occupational therapy assessments to support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings and to identify any longer term occupational therapy/rehab needs that would require support from other statutory NHS services.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide functional and cognitive Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to support the recovery of service users in the PICU.
• Deal with complex physical and mental health needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate and record all interventions in line with relevant clinical pathways.
• To work with service users and their carers/family members on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting.
• To provide professional advice for junior and support staff, as well as students on placement.
• To participate in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the OT pathway within PICU.
• To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on placement.
• To abide by HCPC standards, the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Professional Standards for OT Practice.

Staff benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
• Excellent pension.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Wellbeing programme.
• FuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles).

Person specification:

Education / Qualifications:

• Essential criteria: Degree in Occupational Therapy, Post registration training relevant to mental health, Registration with HCPC.
• Desirable criteria: Post registration qualification in a clinically orientated area, Leadership or management qualification.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Demonstrate significant post registration experience as an Occupational Therapist, including experience of working in mental health, Experience of supervising others.
• Desirable criteria: Experience of working in a range of mental health settings, Experience of working with clients with a range of physical health problems, including provision of equipment and minor aids.

Knowledge:

• Essential criteria: Comprehensive knowledge and application of OT models, assessment and interventions relevant to client group, Knowledge and application of standardised mental health assessments, outcome measures and specialist tools, Supervisory/Appraisal skills, Detailed knowledge and experience of risk assessment and management.
• Desirable criteria: Training and presentation skills.

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to 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 throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer. The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.