occupational therapy assistant jobs

Are you looking for a post that will make full use of, and further develop your holistic Occupational Therapy Skills? Do you love using your detective and communication skills to develop the best assessment and intervention strategy possible for people who struggle to express their needs? Do you enjoy applying your knowledge of neurology and the aging process alongside your skills within cognitive and physical functional assessments?

On Fern Ward, Leigh Moss Hospital, Knotty Ash, Liverpool (near Alder Hey Hospital), we have a Specialist Occupational Therapy post that would make best use of your skills, within a comprehensive team (including physiotherapy, psychology, speech a and language, dietetics, medical, nursing and support staff), where you will be contributing to the high quality assessment of people living with dementia, facilitating interventions and supporting their discharge from our specialist ward.

In addition to utilising your Occupational Therapy clinical and leadership skills at ward level, you will be encouraged and supported to be part of innovation, research and audit, in order to maintain and develop your own knowledge and expertise, and that of others across the mental health division.

Informal visits and/or phone contact to gain further information from the ward manager and/or OT are very much welcomed. Please see details below.

To utilise and develop specialist knowledge providing professional, up to date interventions within the dementia service and to assist in the organisational development, co-ordination, and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service in conjunction with the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy and relevant Team/Service Manager.

The post holder will contribute to an environment that works with local services to provide evidence-based assessment and delivery of care, and within the context of the effective patient journey. They will continue with their own professional development and assist with that of other Occupational Therapy staff. They will be required to have a flexible approach to working hours to ensure that the needs of their clients are met.

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.

Please see job description for further information.

In summary:

• Provide assessment and intervention for service users on Fern Ward, one of two dementia assessment wards which are part of the Trust’s Mental Health Division
• Demonstrating effective partnership working
• Experience of Service development and innovation
• Experience in providing supervision and mentorship to others