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Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 28 November 2025
Band 5 Rotational Mental Health Occupational Therapist Location: Wirral | Start Date: ASAP
Are you an enthusiastic, passionate, and highly motivated Occupational Therapist eager to make a real difference in mental health care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dynamic Adult Occupational Therapy Team.
This is a rotational post based at Springview Mental Health Unit, Clatterbridge Hospital. You will have the opportunity to rotate across each of the wards at Springview, which include:
* Three acute adult mental health assessment wards
* A ward for people with dementiao
* Specialist inpatient eating disorder unit (SEDU)
* A Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
What You'll Do:
* Conducting holistic assessments and interventions, and supporting with discharge planning.
* Taking on the rewarding challenge of managing a diverse and complex caseload.
* Enhancing the lives of service users through facilitating meaningful therapeutic interventions.
Main duties of the job
You'll work closely with our Occupational Therapists, experienced OT Technical Instructors (OTTIS) and our integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure a seamless and supportive care experience for every individual.
Why Join Us?
* Be part of a friendly, supportive, and well‑established MDT.
* Receive dedicated guidance and direction from experienced Occupational Therapists.
* Benefit from ongoing professional development, including:
* Clinical supervision
* Annual appraisals
* Practice placement education
* A wide range of training opportunities
* Regular peer support
* Free access to a fully equipped gym
Hours: Full‑time (37.5 hours/week), Monday to Friday
Who We're Looking For:
We're seeking an OT professional who is:
* Passionate about mental health and improving lives.
* Adaptable, eager to learn, and ready to thrive in a fast‑paced, rewarding environment.
We would welcome applications from reliable, resilient, focused, innovative, and hardworking individuals that are happy to share their skills and ideas but are also able to take direction. This role offers an ideal career development opportunity for newly qualified Occupational Therapists or a qualified OT who is looking to widen their expertise in mental health care.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all‑age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person‑centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values‑based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/BSc in Occupational Therapy
* State Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
* Membership of professional body
Knowledge & Expertise
* Some knowledge of current best practice in OT
* Knowledge of assessment tools and outcome measures
* Ability to work autonomously with individuals and groups
* Skills in handling and moving
* Ability to support Occupational Therapy students and support staff
* Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
* Understanding of team dynamics Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management
* Effective written and oral communication skills
* Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
* Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management
* Training and presentation skills
* Has practically applied evidence based practice
* Evidence of research and clinical audit skills
Experience
* Application of the occupational therapy process
* Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
* Documented evidence of continuing Professional Development
* Experience working in mental health or supporting vulnerable adults
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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