We are looking for a senior occupational therapist for one of the trust in North West. Trust provides a range of healthcare services, including acute, community, and specialist care, primarily to residents of the surrounding areas.

The Trust uses only DE mode of payment.

Description:

The post holder will be expected to undertake all aspects of the role identified in the job description and meet the requirements of the person specification.

The core purpose of this role is to work across the older peoples' inpatient mental health service to embed the Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention pathway across the service within the framework of MOHO, in collaboration with the wider MDT staff.

The post holder will function as part of the MDT to deliver the Interventions required to support individuals through their recovery pathway and equip them with the skills and confidence to enable a safe discharge from the service and to support assessments and decision making within the MDT.

The post holder will be highly skilled and competent in conducting OT assessments developing outcome based needs led care plans, facilitating the implementation of the agreed plan of care and evaluating its effectiveness utilising evidence based outcome measures.

The post holder will provide a range of highly skilled interventions that will be delivered on both a group and individual basis and share those skills with other team members.

The OT will be responsible for developing treatment plans and intervention to be delivered by the team's Technical Instructor and therapy support workers.

Skills:

• Strong clinical skills in assessing and treating a range of conditions.

• Ability to develop and implement effective rehabilitation and discharge plans.

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

• Demonstrates evidence of recent CPD and an ability to reflect on experiences

• Experience with community-based pathways is advantageous.

To apply to this role please reply with your updated CV and job reference number - BS/10099/OT1