Occupational Therapist inRochdale inRochdale PUBLISHED THU 9 JAN 2025

Band 5: £28,407 to £34,581 a year PA pro rata PERMANENT GOOD SALARY

CASELOAD NHS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Pennine Care NHS FT rLpIFIvA

The role of Occupational Therapist at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Rochdale involves providing assessment, treatment, and review for service users with serious mental illness in a forensic low secure environment at Prospect Place. The successful candidate will manage an allocated caseload under supervision, utilizing clinical reasoning and initiative to develop and implement treatment plans, conduct both individual and group therapy sessions, and support the multidisciplinary team.

Key responsibilities include collaborating with other healthcare professionals, maintaining patient confidentiality, promoting social inclusion and community integration, and managing day-to-day activities such as petty cash for rehabilitation purposes. Additionally, the role requires establishing professional relationships with patients and their families, as well as providing in-service training and support to enhance the therapeutic environment.

To provide occupational therapy assessment, treatment and review of service users who experience serious mental Illness (SMI) in a forensic low secure service. The post holder will work at Prospect Place and be responsible for an allocated caseload (under supervision). You will be expected to use your own initiative and clinical reasoning to plan and carry out treatment, run treatment groups and to contribute to the MDT management and treatment of our service users.

Main Duties &Responsibilities

Clinical:

To carry out appropriate assessment and treatment of allocated patients.

To plan, conduct and participate in various treatment sessions in response to assessment and need.
To provide clinical and other support to multidisciplinary team.
To carry out 1:1 and group sessions.
To work in close liaison with other disciplines involved in the care and treatment of patients allocated to you.
To provide in-service training.
To develop and maintain community links to increase social inclusion and community integration.
To maintain strict confidentiality regarding any information concerning patients.
To establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, their relations and friends and to support and promote patients' rights and identity.
To be responsible for the day to day management of petty cash and its use to promote rehabilitation.

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