Previous applicants need not apply
Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new role and wanting to make a real difference? Then look no further, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the Mersey Care Eating Disorder Service. This is a clinical post. You will be joining an established team of clinical psychologists, psychological therapists, dieticians and specialist nurse. We are dedicated to providing a high quality of service and opportunity to access appropriate provision to meet the bio-psycho-social needs of our service users who present with a range of eating difficulties.
The operational hours are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm William House, Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, L13 4AW.
Within the role you will receive mental health specific supervision as well as being supported by a wider team of clinicians and an Occupational therapists in the Trust. The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with a range of complexity and need. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for clients with eating disorders. You will be highly motivated and able to work with different degrees of ambivalence to facilitate behavioural changes to dietary intake and engagement in meaningful activity in support of client’s recovery journey.
The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Newly appointed post holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.
The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal, and participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated
area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects. The post holder will maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies and contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service.
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
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Uma Patel Job title: Principal Psychotherapist Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 4717751
