Occupational Therapist Band 5

Job Title and Grade: Occupational Therapist – OTRP03 – Band 5

Location/Trust: Prestwich - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH)

Pay rates: Days = £13.79, Nights & Saturdays = £17.93, Sundays & Bank Holidays = £22.07

Shifts will be on a rota

The Role:

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who would like to be part of a mental health team, providing better lives for the patients, working for one of the UK’s most respected NHS Mental Health Foundation Trusts? 

If you answered yes, then we would love to hear from you!

We have an opportunity for an OT to be based at Prestwich. Working with the highly experienced mental health team, you will be providing an efficient and effective service for patients with organic and functional mental health needs within the health care facility.

Our Forensic Mental Health service provides treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare for people who are mentally unwell and who are in the criminal justice system. Our wards specialise in each part of a service user’s recovery and aims to prepare the person for life in the community.

Responsibilities:

• To manage a defined caseload using evidence based /client centred principles.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and record all interventions.
• To abide by the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Professional Standards for OT Practice.
• To develop skills and knowledge through participation in a Professional Development Planning process to meet the competency framework.
• To work within an inpatient mental health setting including secure services, providing a service to patients who are deemed to have complex and challenging needs

Essential Criteria:

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including
  • Mental Health Act
  • CPA
  • NICE Guidelines
  • Risk Management
• Good personal organisational skills, including effective planning and organisation of self and client care
• Knowledge of current best practice in mental health Occupational Therapy

Benefits:

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: –

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
• Dedicated consultants
• Flexible working options
• Free DBS and free training
• Build holiday allowance
• Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – call us anytime on 03332 407 552
• Stakeholder pension scheme

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Apply

For more information on the roles or details on how to join NHS Professionals, simply get in touch with Ryan on 0300 303 3947 or GMMHRecruitment@NHSProfessionals.nhs.uk

Please do not contact the service directly.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.