Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Occupational Therapist

Grade: Band 6

Trust: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Atherleigh Park Hospital, WN7 1YH

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Pay rate: £19.10-£30.56 (uplifts for nights/weekends/Bank Holidays)

End Date: 31/01/2025

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust are currently seeking organised and motivated candidates to fulfil Occupational Therapist opportunities within the team at Atherleigh Park Hospital under a long-term placement contract. Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills looking to embark on a new opportunity within the NHS? If so, we would like to hear from you today!

The post holder will ideally have previous NHS experience and be happy working as part of a team delivering Occupational Therapy within mental health services. They must be able to demonstrate initiative and prioritise a complex workload whilst working both as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team.

High levels of both written and oral communication are essential to this post with the ability to deliver or discuss difficult diagnosis and prognosis with tact, empathy, managing distressed or aggressive patients or carers/relatives. The post holder must be able to communicate accurate and sensitive information to patients, carers, and relatives as well as within their own team & colleagues.

Role Details:

• To contribute to the delivery of services to meet the trust objectives
• This role is working on the female PICU unit with occasional cover on the male admission unit.
• Deliver relevant evidence-based care cluster pathway interventions
• Either in service users homes or in the crisis beds at Salford Listening Lounge
• Engage with carers and significant others in response to identified needs
• To contribute to monitoring the quality of work in own service, through active involvement in clinical supervision and reporting any performance/quality issues and related risks.
• To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out duties, adhering to departmental policy and ensuring the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice
• To be responsible for maintaining own competency and self-development
• To contribute to monitoring the quality of work in own service area, through active involvement in clinical supervision and reporting any performance/quality issues and related risks
• To be responsible for maintaining own competency and self-development

The Successful Candidate Will:

• Hold a Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Be HCPC registered
• Have previous NHS experience within a Mental Health Service
• Hold a full, current driving licence and have access to their own vehicle for work purposes
• Practice in accordance with the professional, ethical, and legal codes of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), and Trust and NHS protocols and guidelines

Who are NHS Professionals?

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Why NHS Professionals?

We value your skills, dedication, and commitment in supporting your local Trust and the NHS. We believe together we continue to deliver world-class healthcare service to our patients.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -
· Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
· First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
· Dedicated consultants
· Flexible working options
· Free DBS and free training
· Build holiday allowance
· Stakeholder pension scheme