Occupational Therapist - Female Adult Acute

Are you a passionate, innovative Occupational Therapist looking for a new and exciting challenge with working age females adults? An opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join our inpatients OT team based in Tameside working with predominately with working age females with mental health difficulties. Our patients come to us from many different settings needing assessment and support to remain as independent as possible. Patients can have a variety of mental and physical health conditions. The Occupational Therapy role is crucial in ensuring patients health, wellbeing and independence are appropriately assessed and facilitated. A part of the role is to support with discharge planning, working closely with the discharge social workers, including assessments on the ward and in the home setting. You will be based within a supportive team of OT’s and will have the opportunity to showcase you’re OT skills around both functional and organic mental health conditions. There will lots of opportunities to work alongside the wider MDT consisting of consultant psychiatrists, nurses, CPN’s, community support workers/HCA’s, physiotherapists, psychologists, OT students and apprentices and technical instructors and activity co coordinators. This post would suit a passionate OT who is looking to drive positive change and excellent practice in an working age Adult Mental Health setting.

This is a full-time post 37.5 hrs.

Clinical

• To demonstrate and apply an enhanced understanding of the principles of evidence based Occupational Therapy to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To prioritise service users’ occupational needs following screening, applying professional reasoning to deliver the occupational therapy pathway

To select and use validated assessment tools routinely, informed by the Model of Human Occupation, to identify service users’ occupational participation and performance needs.

To agree goals with the service user to address identified occupational needs.

To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions with the service user to achieve their identified goals To demonstrate and apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability

and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user’s physical and social environment.

• To assess for, recommend and/or order equipment and adaptations necessary for safe community living.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and outcomes and ensure effectiveness of interventions to support discharge
• To be responsible for implementation, evaluation and modification of OT interventions.
  
  

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople

and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Nicol Job title: Clinical Excellence Lead Email address: hannah.nicol3@nhs.net Telephone number: 0161 716 3726