ICRAS Occupational Therapist - Rotational Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

ICRAS (Integrated Reablement and Assessment Service) is a unique service providing a rapid responsive approach to support admission avoidance and early hospital discharges. We are looking for an occupational therapist to join our multidisciplinary teams across Liverpool and South Sefton. If you are motivated, with a therapy background, a passion to promote allied health professionals, and share our aim for perfect care, we would like to hear from you.

The role can involve rotations within ICRAS across hubs, community and Reablement Pathway which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. As well as our own internal ICRAS rotations, we are also part of a wider rotational scheme within Mersey Care which may include mental health services, Paediatrics, Pulmonary Rehab, Early Supported Stroke rehab and many more.

We are a very supportive team with a senior nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrist, therapy and health practitioner assistants and advanced clinical practitioners. Our neighbourhood approach is across Liverpool and South Sefton, we work with intermediate care hubs, planned therapies who support patients with long term conditions, reablement pathways and much more.

We will encourage your development whether through training, job shadowing, internal promotion etc.

What we offer:

• A robust support structure with regular clinical supervision and performance development review
• A comprehensive monthly in-service training programme
• Opportunities to support service delivery including audits, in-service training, etc.
• Monthly peer group support
• An innovative NHS Trust that is committed to investing in its future and its staff
• Opportunities to develop peers, students and therapy assistants
• Be part of the development of services at the centre of the future direction of healthcare
• Structured career progression, support and opportunities
• Flexible working patterns and our commitment to a good work life balance.

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 are 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.

To undertake comprehensive holistic assessment, devise treatment plans individualised to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during the patients journey from initial assessment through to discharge.

To promote awareness of OT role within the MDT, negotiating priorities where appropriate.

To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills established through training and experience to impart sensitive information.

To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards and provide specialist OT reports relevant to practice setting.

To adhere to Trust Policy of Confidentiality.

To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Code of Conduct.

To participate in clinical and management supervision.