Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 437-7333598
- Employer
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Therapies suite
- Town
- Leigh
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist has arisen within the Therapies suite, providing input into the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the Wigan directorate of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH).
Wigan PICU is a 8 bedded female PICU based in Atherleigh Park Hospital in Leigh. The unit has 5 wards in total, one PICU, three adults of working age acute wards and one older persons ward.
The post holder will deliver holistic occupational therapy assessments and interventions to service users being cared for on the PICU establishing levels of function, identifying and engagement in their roles and meeting their values, evaluating and reducing risk and facilitating occupational performance to support recovery and enable the individual to prepare for discharge from PICU/hospital. This may also include completion of occupational therapy assessments to support applications for housing or alternative hospital settings and to identify any longer term occupational therapy/rehab needs that would require support from other statutory NHS services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join an established inpatient therapies team, comprising of occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Psychological therapists, activities co-ordinators and AHP support staff. Your role will be delivered on the PICU ward, but based in the therapies suite, to provide appropriate assessments and interventions, whilst also being an integral part of the therapies site team. Our PICU team will welcome you into a supportive, creative and motivated multidisciplinary team that has a strong respect for and commitment to Occupational Therapy and practice development. Professional, clinical and managerial supervision is actively provided and development opportunities reflective of your professional development plan.
The post holder will be an active member of the Trust Network for PICU pathways and will be involved in developing and implementing OT pathways in this specialist service.
The successful candidate be an enthusiastic, committed and highly motivated team player with excellent communication skills, providing evidence based clinical assessments and recovery focused interventions.
You will have support from a therapies team on site, and at organisational level to enable you to develop and support the correct pathway for our service users.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
At Atherleigh park, the team enjoy a great location, accessible on public transport or with accessible parking, and with an extensive retail and leisure park within walking distance. We are a strong therapies team - and although you will be based on PICU - you will be part of a fabulous supportive therapies team who will ensure you have profession specific support and guidance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Post registration training relevant to mental health.
- Documented evidence of post graduate CPD as per RCOT guidelines to meet HCPC registration requirements, throughout career relevant to mental health field, i.e., RCOT short courses, conference attendance, conditions management, theory updates, reflective practice etc.
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification in a clinically orientated area.
- Leadership or management qualification.
- Fieldwork Education qualification or obtaining the same within 6 months of appointment
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist, in appropriate clinical area
- Experience of supervising others.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of working with clients with a range of physical health problems, including provision of equipment and minor aids
- Experience of audit and research procedures.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive knowledge and application of OT models, assessment and interventions relevant to client group.
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
- Knowledge and application of standardised mental health assessments, outcome measures and specialist tools
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities in a demanding environment
- Ability to analyse and advice on professional and ethical issues
- Supervisory/ Appraisal skills
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to organise and respond to complex, sensitive and contentious information
- Computer literacy
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
- Knowledge of legislation and current best practice
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and to actively participate in quality initiatives
- Detailed knowledge and experience of risk assessment and management
- Good knowledge of Safeguarding and Best Interest procedures
- Extensive knowledge of current best practice in OT in mental health
- Contribute to the development and application of Health Safety and Security policies and procedures
- Ability to make day-to-day decisions relevant to role
Desirable criteria
- Training and presentation skills.
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Be able to represent Occupational therapy at service level, by contributing to and implementing managerial actions
- Indicate willingness and ability to support and assist the Lead OT in planning, development and evaluation of the OT service as a whole
- Initiate, plan and implement training sessions within the Trust
- Registration with HCPC
- Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice
- Commitment to life-long learning
- Ability to work flexibly
- Have the flexibility to travel across the footprint of the Trust to complete role
- Self-awareness/self-management skills
- Have a sound working knowledge of the importance of assessing, formulating and managing risks
- Ability to work in unhygienic and hazardous home environments and respond to these appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Have experience of presentations to local/regional/national forums
- have ability to demonstrate ability to travel across trust footprint
other
Essential criteria
- Understand all Trust Policies and Procedures
- Understand the Trusts Strategic Goals and how they can support them
- Understand the need to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
- Carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, equality and Diversity and dignity in care and work policies and principles
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
- Take care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons.
- Contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident or near miss
- Protect service users, visitors and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
- Take responsibility for own learning and development
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
- Jenny Owen
- Job title
- Allied Health Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920089270
- Additional information
Team Manager - Therapies Suite - Matt Waite ([email protected])
Advanced Occupational Therapist - Jan Siwek ([email protected])
PICU ward manager - Alicja Binczyk ([email protected])
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