Overview
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 Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the Mersey Care Eating Disorder Service. This is a clinical post and 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 at 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 Occupational therapists in the Trust. The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with a range of complexity and need.
Responsibilities
* Autonomous practitioner using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for clients with eating disorders.
* Work with different degrees of ambivalence to facilitate behavioural changes to dietary intake and engagement in meaningful activity in support of clients’ recovery journey.
* Manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner; newly appointed post holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.
* Provide leadership for junior staff when appropriate through supervision and appraisal.
* Participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
* Maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies; contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service.
About Mersey Care & Service Context
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.
Working arrangements
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact for details
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amelia Woodhouse, Job title: Clinical Psychologist, Email: amelia.woodhouse@merseycare.nhs.uk, Telephone: 0151 4717751. Additional contacts: uma.patel@merseycare.nhs.uk, sally.wasp@merseycare.nhs.uk
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