Specialist Occupational Therapist

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to make a difference? Join PARALEL, an innovative rehabilitation, relapse prevention and alternative to admission service supporting adults with eating disorders across community and inpatient settings. As part of a developing multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist Occupational Therapy support to help people maintain recovery and remain safely within their communities.

The Role Will Include

• Completing complex Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions.
• Managing a caseload, including individuals with complex needs.
• Delivering individual and group interventions.
• Supporting discharge planning, transitions from inpatient care and relapse prevention.
• Facilitating therapeutic activities, including psychoeducation, cooking, shopping and social eating.
• Working with service users in community settings, at home and virtually where appropriate.
• Supporting the development of the PARALEL service and alternative to admission pathway.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of Occupational Therapy, mental health and eating disorders, and be committed to delivering compassionate, recovery-focused care within a developing service.

The post holder will play a key role within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention and rehabilitation for adults with eating disorders. Interventions will be delivered using recovery-focused, person-centred approaches across community settings, including face-to-face, remote and home-based appointments.

The post holder will contribute to multidisciplinary working, support service development and help shape the ongoing delivery of the alternative to admission pathway within the Eating Disorder Service.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a friendly, supportive and innovative service.
• Help shape and develop an exciting new service model.
• Benefit from ongoing professional development, including:

+ Clinical supervision

+ Annual appraisal

+ Practice placement education

+ A wide range of training opportunities

+ Regular peer support

Who We're Looking For

We're seeking an individual who is:

• Passionate about mental health and improving lives.
• Organised and able to manage a varied caseload.
• Caring, enthusiastic, adaptable and eager to learn.
• Motivated to contribute to a developing service.
• Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Experience and knowledge of eating disorders and mental health would be desirable.

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, Liverpool and Stockport.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mandy Eardley Job title: Team Manager/Occupational Therapist Email address: mandy.eardley@nhs.net Telephone number: 07500065765

Want to Know More?

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more information.

We encourage all applicants to contact Mandy Eardley (team manager) to book a visit.

If a visit cannot be arranged, a phone call is welcomed for an opportunity to find out more information about the role.

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100