We have exciting opportunities for Newly Qualified and established Band 5 Occupational Therapists seeking to develop knowledge, skills and experience within High Secure (Ashworth) environment, working in a specialist role within forensic mental health.
This is across our secure pathway, based at Maghull Health Park. You will work collaboratively with service users, carers, MDT and wider agencies to promote and advocate an occupational perspective in relation to a person’s care, utilising evidence-based assessment and treatment models (MOHO and VdT MoCA) underpinned by the implementation of the Occupational Therapy process.
Access to the newly established AHP preceptorship programme, as well as further training/qualifications, Band 5 Peer Support Scheme, clinical supervision and CPD opportunities are available to help develop your career aspirations and the quality of the service.
We also welcome applicants with an interest in Research and Innovation as there may be the opportunity to progress further in this field. Mersey Care and the University of Liverpool have teamed up to create the first ever Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC), where service users co-design the innovations they need and want, alongside health professionals, researchers, industry partners, and public advisers, making Liverpool a world leader in learning better mental healthcare systematically from research embedded in care.
To function as an Occupational Therapist to a defined group of service users under the supervision of senior staff working always to the Occupational Therapy Code of Conduct.
To consolidate his/her knowledge and skills.
To undertake a full range of treatment techniques as a member of a multidisciplinary team in different settings.
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. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

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