Senior Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist has arisen within the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the South Manchester directorate of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH).

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 engaging 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.

Provide functional and cognitive Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to support the recovery of service users in the PICU.

Deal with complex physical and mental health needs, using evidence‑based/client‑centred principles to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and record all interventions in line with relevant clinical pathways.

Work with service users and their carers/family members on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting.

Provide professional advice for junior and support staff, as well as students on placement.

Participate in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the OT pathway within PICU.

Regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on placement.

Abide by HCPC standards, the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Professional Standards for OT Practice.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, delivering 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, offering a vibrant inner city, great shopping, entertainment and dining options, and a warm, humourous and generous community. 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.

• 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
• fuel Genie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)