Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-MHC7334028
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- V7
- Town
- Prescot
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/08/2025
Employer heading
Divisional Occupational Therapy Lead
Band 8a
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, expert and creative individual to join the Mental Health Care Division as our Divisional Lead Occupational Therapist. The successful post holder will work across the in-patient, community and urgent care service lines within the Mental Health Care Division.
Responsible to and working in alignment with the Head of Allied Health Professionals, continuing the transformation of the Occupational Therapy provision across the MHCD footprint through quality excellence.
Main duties of the job
To work collaboratively with operational management colleagues to ensure quality, safe and efficient Occupational Therapy provision across the divisional footprint.
To provide professional advocacy and representation for Occupational Therapy.
Ensure patient safety and quality is at the centre of productive and efficient service delivery.
Identify and implement quality improvement initiatives, focusing on Divisional and National priorities.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for detailed main responsibilities of the Divisional Lead Occupational Therapist
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
- Diploma/Degree or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
- Relevant post graduate training to Masters level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post-qualified study/short courses and Continuing Professional Development
- Leadership/management qualifications
- Membership of Professional Body (RCOT)
- Membership /Activity of special interest group/networks
KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE:
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience working in the appropriate clinical/service area
- Experience at a management level leading and supporting people and resources and budget management skills
- Providing clinical supervision and training of staff and students
- Development of Occupational Therapy services
- Application of Occupational Therapy Models of Practice and Standardised Assessments and Outcome Measures
- Implementation of polices/guidelines and ability to make recommendations
- Involvement in research and clinical audit
- Current legislation and national initiatives related to clinical area
- Clinical and environment assessment & management of clinical risk
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by Mental Health Act 2007) and Mental Capacity Act (2005)
- Knowledge of Royal College of Occupational Therapy Guidance
- Knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions which is evidence based
Desirable criteria
- Post registration experience in a range of clinical settings
- Practice Educator Qualification
- Research experience and research skills
- Teaching / training experienceLine management of nonOccupational Therapy workforce
- Participation in regional / national forums
- Line management of nonOccupational Therapy workforce
VALUES
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Leadership qualities
- Managerial skills
- Ability to provide training, advice and guidance to staff/service users
- Ability to complete assessments and clinical reports in line with service requirements and Royal College of Occupational Therapy guidance
- Demonstrates depth of clinical skills and implementation Occupational Therapy clinical practice and ability to hold a complex caseload
- Ability to identify and implement clinical and service developments
- Ability to be an effective role model
- Ability to work autonomously as well as effectively with team members and other agencies.
- Clear effective written & verbal communication, report writing and presentation skills
- Detailed knowledge and application of clinical governance and patient safety
- Ability to negotiate, develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of professionals and agencies
- Demonstrable effective leadership skills and the ability to develop • Designing and implementing research projects • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance 31/05/2023 staff and the overall service
- Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills and the ability to work independently seeking supervision where appropriate
- Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and deal with complex work pressures
- Ability to deal professionally with distressing/difficult situations, and support team members
- Ability to develop business and strategic plans and manage budgets within resource limits Competent in use of IT systems, MS Office packages and internet
Desirable criteria
- Designing and implementing research projects
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a strong professional identity and work within professional boundaries
- Actively participates in own supervision
- Takes responsibility for own CPD
- High levels of initiative, innovation and self-motivation
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Ability to travel around the North West
- Willing to be an authorised Trust lease vehicle driver
- Ability to complete personal safety service training course at induction and annual refreshers thereafter
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Davies
- Job title
- Head of AHPs - Mental Health Care Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795827163
- Additional information
Alternatively contact Amy McMeekin Divisional Lead for Occupational Therapy Mental Health Care Division - [email protected]
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