Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and creative individual to join the Inpatient Occupational Therapy Teams within the Mental Health Care Division. The post holder will provide leadership and support across the inpatient services within the Acute wards in Halton and Warrington Place, and Complex Care wards across the Trust footprint.



Working within these areas, the post holder will support therapists to provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention as part of a team approach to supporting service users. You should have an expert knowledge and skill set in working with people who require an inpatient admission in relation to their mental health and cognitive needs and recovery, across both working age and older adult populations. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary Team, and demonstrate proven leadership skills.

To support therapists and undertake:

Occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.



Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, using selected and graded activity to develop the client's skills in identified areas of deficit.



Comprehensive risk assessment with clients, and record the rationale for therapeutic risk taking in the OT care plan.



Highly specialist reports to inform statutory bodies



Highly specialist assessments, and compile OT reports, on behalf of the MDT to inform interventions, diagnosis and outcomes for clients with the most complex needs.



Ensure ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the occupational therapy process in line with sound evidence based practice.



Provide advice on issues related to ADL for other professionals and carers.



Work closely with OT colleagues from other clinical settings / teams, providing individual and peer group support.



provide support to occupational therapy staff within relevant Place regarding capacity and flow, complexity, acuity, and service delivery.



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.



See Job description for detailed job description and main responsibilities.



The main duties of the role are to provide leadership and support for the Occupational Therapists working across the inpatient services in the Mental Health Care Division; alongside supporting with clinical cases as appropriate.