Occupational Therapist - Band 5 to Band 6 Progression Post in Salford

The Prescott House Community Mental Health Team is excited to be recruiting a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join their successful, friendly, and supportive team. This job is being advertised as a Band 5 to Band 6 progression post. You will be working in a multidisciplinary team which includes another Band 6 and Band 7 Occupational Therapist across the Adults of Working Age Division. The MDT prioritises occupational therapy as a core intervention to support service users' recovery. Occupational therapy pathways are at the heart of the Salford community transformation model.

Prescott House offers great opportunities to continue your career progression, with regular supervision, CPD sessions, and training. We are focused on staff wellbeing, offering regular clinical and line management supervision, and building links with other community teams to share learning and provide support. Regular clinical supervision will be offered and encouraged from the Salford Community Senior Practitioner for Occupational Therapy who is based within Ramsgate House. There is also the opportunity to participate in monthly Salford Community Occupational Therapy meetings and bi-monthly Allied Health Professionals CPD sessions.

Main duties of the job:

• The successful candidate will undertake a full-time Occupational Therapist role within the team, focusing solely on delivering an evidence-based Occupational therapy service provision.
• You will be supported to maintain an occupational focus in your work, undertaking Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions based on the Model of Human Occupation, as well as specific work associated with the role of an Occupational Therapist.
• You will work with a defined caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• You will take a lead on delivering recovery-focused groups in the community and support with line management of junior OT members of staff.
• The post holder will be supported and encouraged to provide quality first-line psychosocial assessments, as part of the GMMH community team's duty role and work proactively in forging professional working relationships with multi-agencies.
• Team members work occasional weekend shifts as part of the GMMH acute care pathway provisions of care, on a rota basis. However, this is a large team, so the frequency of this is low.

The Allied Health Professional Lead for Salford is a core member of the Salford Senior Leadership Team, where contribution and leadership from all professional groups is strongly encouraged.

Working for our organisation:

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original, and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment, and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour, and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills, and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

• All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
• The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
• 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 committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve.